Sure #AI is sexy and the topic du-jour, but what will it mean for my procurement career?

In this age of expediency and digital innovation, the need for automating transactional processes to improve ease and efficiency is a pressing one. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic on Procurious for some weeks now and the opportunities to do away with procurement tasks such as data management or value-based scoring, look set to improve productivity and cost savings. But what does this mean for my procurement career? In 2 years time, will procurement jobs look like they do now, or does this call for a new skill set? Is Procurement as function on its way out entirely? This was the subject of a recent thought provoking white-paper (you can download free here: http://gep5.procurious.com/ ) if you want to read more deeply on the subject.