Designed for Every Procurement Level

No matter where you sit in the procurement organization, akirolabs gives you the tools to drive value, deliver impact, and be seen as a leader.

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For Chief Procurement Officers

Procurement’s seat at the table isn’t given — it’s earned. akirolabs equips CPOs with enterprise-wide visibility, governance tools, and strategic insights to elevate procurement’s influence and align every decision with business impact.

From Reactive

CPOs need stronger visibility, alignment, and impact stories. Without connected planning and governance, procurement's strategic role stays limited. akirolabs helps CPOs lead proactively —driving performance and earning a lasting seat at the table.

To Proactive

Executive Dashboards  Centralized visibility into performance, risk, and enterprise impact.
CPO Cockpit – Consolidates insights across categories, enabling top-down strategy alignment.
Enterprise Strategy Repository – Traceable, structured governance across all procurement activities.
Value Tracking Frameworks Link efforts to business outcomes like ESG, resilience, and innovation.

For Excellence

Excellence doesn’t scale on its own. akirolabs gives transformation leaders the structure, consistency, and insights to embed best practices, enable digital adoption, and accelerate maturity — across every region and category.

From Inconsistent

Inconsistent practices stall progress and leave excellence trapped in silos. Without unified standards and a shared approach, transformation efforts struggle to scale. akirolabs provides the structure to turn local wins into consistent, measurable progress.

To Standardized

Proven Methodologies – Standardized strategy templates and workflows built for enterprise-scale transformation.
Digital Knowledge Hub – Centralized repository for playbooks, best practices, and cross-team learnings.
Integrated Training – Embedded onboarding and eLearning tools to accelerate maturity and self-sufficiency.
Real-time dashboards and controls – Enable performance tracking, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.

For Category Managers

Category strategy starts with you. akirolabs empowers category managers with AI-guided tools, live insights, and centralized collaboration — so you can build smarter strategies, faster, with greater impact.

From Guess-work

Manual work, scattered data, and siloed decisions slow you down. akirolabs brings everything into one intuitive platform — turning fragmented inputs into structured, insight-led strategies you can act on.

To Insight Driven

AI-Co-Pilot & Strategy Templates – Accelerate strategy creation with guided frameworks and tailored value levers.
Market Intelligence Engine – Always-on access to relevant supplier, market, and ESG data
Stakeholder Collaboration Spaces – Enable feedback, co-creation, and real-time updates in one workspace.
Single Source of Truth Access and build on past strategies for consistency, speed, and insight reuse

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Here’s what people are saying about us.

Dirk Kunz
SVP Group IT Sourcing at Bertelsmann

"akirolabs enables us to manage the heterogeneous requirements of all Bertelsmann divisions whilst maximizing the transparency across our jointly defined category strategies"

Dr. Elouise Epstein
Partner

"In a market full of copy-paste tools, akirolabs is a rare standout — both truly unique and undeniably viable. As procuretech continues to commoditize, category management will become the key differentiator, and akirolabs is perfectly positioned to lead with its fresh, AI-backed approach to a decades-old problem"

Richard Crane
Chief Procurement Officer

"Very few software companies truly understand the challenges of a global procurement organisation, akirolabs is a true thought leader in this space…Very excited to see the impact they're making for the procurement function"

Sebastien Bals
CPO at Merck & Ex-CPO UCB

"An amazing journey that has only just started for akirolabs…Humbled and proud to have contributed to it so far and extremely excited about what the future will bring"

Edzard Janssen
Head of Group Procurement, RBI

"akirolabs has improved how we collaborate in procurement, bringing everyone onto one platform... It really helps us align our strategies with business goals and deliver greater efficiency and value"

Bernard Garcia
Founder & Former Director

"The future of procurement is about growth, agility, and impact — not just savings. akirolabs combines AI and scenario modeling to help teams craft smarter, more adaptive strategies aligned with business goals"

Dirk Kunz
SVP Group IT Sourcing at Bertelsmann

"akirolabs enables us to manage the heterogeneous requirements of all Bertelsmann divisions whilst maximizing the transparency across our jointly defined category strategies"

Dr. Elouise Epstein
Partner

"In a market full of copy-paste tools, akirolabs is a rare standout — both truly unique and undeniably viable. As procuretech continues to commoditize, category management will become the key differentiator, and akirolabs is perfectly positioned to lead with its fresh, AI-backed approach to a decades-old problem"

Richard Crane
Chief Procurement Officer

"Very few software companies truly understand the challenges of a global procurement organisation, akirolabs is a true thought leader in this space…Very excited to see the impact they're making for the procurement function"

Sebastien Bals
CPO at Merck & Ex-CPO UCB

"An amazing journey that has only just started for akirolabs…Humbled and proud to have contributed to it so far and extremely excited about what the future will bring"

Edzard Janssen
Head of Group Procurement, RBI

"akirolabs has improved how we collaborate in procurement, bringing everyone onto one platform... It really helps us align our strategies with business goals and deliver greater efficiency and value"

Bernard Garcia
Founder & Former Director

"The future of procurement is about growth, agility, and impact — not just savings. akirolabs combines AI and scenario modeling to help teams craft smarter, more adaptive strategies aligned with business goals"

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Awarded for innovation, proven in enterprise impact.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the most common questions about akirolabs — from product and setup   to security and scalability

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Can akirolabs help us improve our procurement maturity?

Yes, akirolabs acts as both a technology solution and a transformation accelerator. Our AI-augmentation bridges capability gaps, while the structured workbench institutionalizes best practices. This combination helps teams rapidly advance their strategic maturity, regardless of their starting point.

Can non-procurement users access and contribute to strategies?

Yes. akirolabs supports flexible access and permissions so stakeholders from finance, operations, R&D, or sustainability can participate in strategy creation, review, and approval—ensuring true cross-functional alignment.

How does akirolabs address different procurement maturity levels?

akirolabs adapts to your team's maturity level. For emerging teams, it provides structure and guidance to establish strategic processes. For developing teams, it helps standardize approaches and build consistency. For advanced teams, it enables scaling excellence across regions and categories while driving innovation in strategy development.

How does akirolabs benefit different procurement roles?

For Category Managers, akirolabs provides structured workflows and AI-powered insights that boost productivity and strategy quality. CPOs gain visibility across all strategies and alignment with business goals. Procurement Excellence Teams can standardize best practices and scale capability development. Business Stakeholders benefit from early involvement and clear strategy communication through our One-Pager feature.

What if our procurement is early in its strategic maturity?

akirolabs is designed to guide teams at all maturity levels - from spreadsheet-driven teams looking to modernize, to mature CoEs scaling strategy globally. Our structured workflows, AI recommendations, and workbench help you scale strategic capability fast and offer value for every enterprise procurement team.

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