Reuters Events: Sourcing and Procurement USA 2026 convenes senior sourcing, procurement, and finance leaders facing rising trade volatility, supply risk and cost pressure. Over two days, the agenda focuses on the decisions that matter most at the executive level: building tariff‑resilient sourcing strategies, gaining a single, trusted view of supplier and spend risk, and deploying AI to accelerate negotiations, contracting and execution without compromising governance. Sessions explore how procurement can strengthen supplier relationships under constraint, design risk‑led diversification and dual‑sourcing strategies, and secure supply amid infrastructure, energy and semiconductor demand shocks. Leaders will also address ethical and sustainable sourcing, working‑capital optimisation through closer procurement‑finance alignment, and category strategies that balance resilience with commercial performance. With keynote panels, practitioner case studies and executive discussion, Sourcing and Procurement USA 2026 is designed to equip CPOs, CFOs and VPs of Sourcing and Procurement with practical frameworks and peer insight to drive resilience, margin protection and board‑level confidence. Event Purpose and Strategic Focus Procurement has entered a new operating environment. Disruption is no longer cyclical, it is structural. Tariffs shift faster than contracts can reset, demand spikes are driven by platforms rather than forecasts, supplier power is rebalancing under cost pressure, capital is constrained, and execution mistakes surface at board level with unprecedented speed. Reuters Events: Sourcing and Procurement USA 2026 is designed for senior buy‑side leaders navigating this reality. The event focuses on how procurement organisations are redesigning the quality of their decisions, not just their strategies, to perform under permanent volatility. Across two days, the agenda moves from macro instability to execution grade action. Delegates explore how leading organisations are building tariff‑ready sourcing strategies, engineering supplier resilience, embedding working capital discipline, responding to volatile consumer demand, and scaling AI and talent without losing governance or financial control. The strategic focus is clear: how procurement leaders are transforming sourcing models, category strategies, supplier relationships, cash‑flow governance and operating structures so decisions hold under pressure, commercially, operationally and financially. This is not about best practice promises or future vision. It is about how procurement actually operates when volatility is constant, reversibility is low, and performance is measured in outcomes, not intent. Who Attends Supply Chain Europe consistently attracts a highly senior, peer level audience, with most attendees operating at director level and above. Typical participants include: - Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) - Chief Supply Chain Officers - Heads / VPs / Directors of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing - Heads of Category Management - Leaders responsible for supplier risk, resilience, ESG and working capital - Senior procurement leaders partnering closely with finance and the CFO Around 65% of attendees come from shipper organisations, ensuring discussions are grounded in real operational challenges rather than vendor led narratives. The event hosts approximately 250 executive attendees and features 20+ industry leading speakers, creating an environment designed for meaningful dialogue rather than mass market conferencing. This event is for leaders who: - Make decisions where reversibility is low and scrutiny is high - Balance cost, resilience, cash and delivery simultaneously - Operate in tariff exposed, capital constrained and supplier led markets - Are redesigning procurement to perform under constant pressure Date and Time: Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:30 - Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:00 Venue details: Thompson Houston, by Hyatt, 1717 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas, 77019, United States Category: Conferences | Business & Economics | Supply Chain Prices: Manufacturer and Retailers - Super Early 7/31/2026: USD 1499.00, Manufacturer and Retailers - Early 9/4/2026: USD 1699.00, Manufacturer and Retailers - Standard 10/09/2026: USD 1999.00, Manufacturer and Retailers - Late/Premium: USD 2199.00, Solution Providers - Super Early 7/31/2026: USD 3299.00, Solution Providers - Early 9/4/2026: USD 3599.00, Solution Providers - Standard 10/09/2026: USD 3899.00, Solution Providers - Late/Premium: USD 4199.00 Speakers: Ed McAndrews, Head of Procurement, Commercial Americas, AstraZeneca, Amy Pflueger, Vice President, Procurement, CF Industries, Ana Esteves, VP Procurement, Mondelez, Marcelo, Chief Procurement Officer, PepsiCo, Alison Jones, CPO, Phillips, Sebastian Dori, VP and Chief Purchasing Officer, PHINIA, Ard Verboon, CPO, Schneider Electric