AI Skills for Procurement – In-Person at Southfield, MI

Sessions on May 27th and June 3rd, 2026

Boost your productivity with AI chatbot skills

This in-person AI Skills for Procurement course helps procurement professionals apply tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to practical purchasing tasks through two live sessions at MEMA HQ.

Participants learn proven prompting techniques, best practices for safe and effective chatbot use, and how to use AI across sourcing, supplier management, spend analysis, negotiation, risk, and strategy work.

They also receive presentation slides and a take-away workbook with over 150 procurement-focused prompts plus 50+ Copilot Chat prompts for Microsoft applications, giving them practical tools they can immediately apply in their day-to-day responsibilities.

About the AI Skills for Procurement Course  

Training is a 2-part course delivered in-person with assignments to apply the AI skills taught to real-world tasks. It covers AI chatbot best practices, techniques for effective prompting, and using AI chatbots for common procurement tasks including:  

• Sourcing 
• Supplier management 
• Operational procurement 
• Negotiation 
• Communication 
• Risk management 
• Spend analysis 
• Strategy development 
• Contract management 

Acquired Skillsets  

After attending this course, attendees will be able to use AI chatbots to more efficiently:  

• Create POs  
• Write RFQs  
• Cleanse data 
• Classify spend  
• Identify invoices issues 
• Create training content  
• Draft category strategies 
• Summarize contract risks  

• Identify potential suppliers  
• Suggest negotiation tactics  
• Gather supplier information 
• Identify savings opportunities 
• Monitor and flag supplier risks 
• Summarize and evaluate quotes  
• Identify risks and mitigation strategies

Meet the Trainer

Mike Wynn is Vice President of Advanced Purchasing Dynamics (APD), a firm established in 2004 and committed to helping manufacturers create competitive advantage through the application of knowledge-based cost management and negotiations. 
 
Wynn leads the Purchasing Consulting practice for APD, where he ensures that our teams deliver strategic impact and significant costs savings to clients. He has been actively developing and improving APD’s AI-related training content since late 2023, and has published 20+ articles on practical AI applications for procurement professionals.