About us
SpendCon Community: A modern, operator-first community for professionals responsible for sourcing, procurement, supplier strategy, and company spend.
Procurement is no longer back office.
It’s strategy, risk management, cost control, and competitive advantage.
This meetup is for professionals responsible for how their organization selects suppliers, negotiates contracts, and manages spend.
We focus on real-world topics like:
• Negotiation strategies that actually work
• Supplier risk & resilience
• Digital procurement tools & automation
• SaaS spend management
• Contracting best practices
• Scaling procurement in fast-growing companies
• Cost optimization without killing relationships
This is a practitioner-first community:
• No sales pitches
• No corporate fluff
• No entry-level theory
Just operators sharing what works. If you are responsible for company spend, this is your community!
For all Procurement managers, Strategic sourcing professionals, Category managers, Vendor managers,. Heads of Operations, Finance leaders, Founders scaling their companies.
Upcoming events
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Spend Is Strategy: Rethinking Procurement (Apply to speak)
Amsterdam, Centrum, NLThis first SpendCon Amsterdam meetup explores a simple but powerful idea: What if procurement was treated as strategy — not support?
During this meetup, we’ll explore topics like:
- Why procurement is moving from back office to boardroom
- How modern companies turn supplier relationships into leverage
- The biggest mistakes teams make in negotiation
- SaaS spend explosion — and how to regain control
- What strategic sourcing looks like in scaling organizations
- Where AI and automation actually create value (vs hype)
Expect real operator insights. Not theory. Not vendor slides.
Interested to speak at this meetup? Apply here!
Procurement has a branding problem. In many organizations, it’s still seen as operational. Administrative. A cost center.
But in modern companies, spend is one of the largest strategic levers available.
- The suppliers you choose.
- The contracts you negotiate.
- The risk you manage.
- The tools you standardize.
All of it shapes margin, resilience, speed, and competitive advantage.
Join us or if you are Interested to speak at this meetup? Apply here!
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