The procurement technology conversation has shifted. A year ago, the question was “should we invest in AI?” Now it’s “how do we reorganise around it?” That shift is visible in the programme for ProcureTECH 2026, the region’s largest independent eProcurement event, hosted by our friends at PASA on 26th March…
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We’ve travelled miles
to get you here.
With over $80 Bn of benchmarking
spend data, 20,000 participants in
one or more of our
programs and
20 years of Australian experience
we have the track-record to help you.
Meet Benjamin Shute
Qualifications
- FCIPS, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours)
- Cert IV Training & Assessment
Specialisations
- Category Management, Social procurement
- Maximising Your Leadership Potential
- Negotiations and Supplier Relationship Management
- Procurement Transformation and Data analytics
Overview
Ben is the CEO of Comprara – his vision is to support clients to ‘gain more ground’. Ben leads the Comprara team who deliver services, tools, training and technologies to organisations in both the public and private sector.
Every service accelerates clients efforts to deliver more with the same, or the same with less. Ben was rated in the top 35 of under 35’s by ‘Supply Management Magazine’ and ranked as one of UK’s rising stars (2005).
Ben has held distinguished roles including Head of Sourcing Strategy for Ericsson in the UK and Head of Procurement Practice for the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS).
Comprara works with ASX 200 companies (including some of the largest organisations in Australia and New Zealand) giving clients insights into how well they are performing against others and in the context of their own unique strategies. With insights gained and roadmaps developed your capacity will grow to do ‘more with less’ or ‘more with the same’.
Recommendation:
“Ben is a highly professional, extensively skilled procurement and sourcing specialist with an uncanny ability to keep things simple and focussed. I encourage anyone to discuss sourcing needs with him, whether it be for a small enterprise or multinational business.”
– Duncan Munro, Director, Operational Innovation
Articles authored by Benjamin Shute
5 Procurement Technology Questions Leaders Must Ask in 2026
7 Reasons Stakeholders Bypass Procurement (and they’re not all wrong)
Maverick spend in large organisations is rarely rebellion. It is usually a decision made under pressure: this path looks faster, clearer, or more predictable than going through procurement. If bypass keeps happening in your organisation, the question is not whether stakeholders respect policy. It is whether your function makes engagement…
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5 Warning Signs Your Procurement Process Is Driving Maverick Spend
In Part 1 of this series, we asked the question “→ How Do You Handle Internal Stakeholders Who Bypass Procurement?” in which we explored relationships vs governance. Yes, process and governance are critical. But when enforcement is your primary value proposition, you’ve created the very problem you set out to…
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Maverick Spend Management: A Tactical Guide to 11 Stakeholder Archetypes
You’ve read the framework (See part 1). You understand the relationship-process matrix. You know where your team sits on the spectrum. But here’s the thing about frameworks: they’re excellent for diagnosis, less useful when someone from sales is standing in your office at 4:47pm on Friday demanding you set up…
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