Spendsetter Awards Program
The Spendsetter Awards highlight the best of the best Coupa customer stories promoting the contributions of supply chain, procurement, finance, and IT professionals and celebrating their thought leadership.
Your journey is part of the story.
These awards exist to create transformative moments for members of the business spend management community as they continue to dream, discover and leverage the power of digital transformation.
Meet the 2024 award winnersAward Categories
Purpose & Impact
This award recognizes the company that has transformed its spend processes to promote equality and sustainability across communities
Smarter Spending
This award recognizes the company that has leveraged AI and advanced analytics to drive efficiency gains.
Financial Transformation
This award recognizes the company that gained greater visibility into cash and payments, making smarter financial decisions, optimizing liquidity, and improving forecasting.
Supply Chain Excellence
This award recognizes the company that exemplifies agility in action, with the ability to respond rapidly and adapt the supply chain amidst the new normal of constant change.
Spendsetter of the Year
This award recognizes the visionary leader who revolutionizes Business Spend Management.
Your submission will automatically be considered for the Spendsetter of the Year award.
Methodology
How to be a Spendsetter
Phase 1
Customers or partners can submit applications. Applicant chooses which award(s) to apply to from drop down list. Survey then populates general questions and another list of dynamic questions personalized to that category and key results.
Phase 2
Submissions are reviewed by a panel of Coupa judges that represent multiple organizations and products. Votes cast are counted and winners are determined by the most received. Votes are cast based on how each judge weighs measurable business impact/ROI and how the applicant connected these in a compelling story.
Phase 3
Winners and nominees are each notified of the status of their submission. We honor all nominees and appreciate your compelling stories! With our final winners, they will be celebrated at Inspire.
The Spendsetter Awards Snapshot: Casey’s
"We were hitting best-in-class levels of transactional, operational, tactical, savings, visibility, and such. Now we’re going to take it to the next level of maturity."
2024 Global Winner
2024 Spendsetter of the Year
2024 Americas Winners
Financial Transformation
Purpose and Impact
Smarter Business Buying
Supply Chain Excellence
2024 Americas Honorable Mentions
Financial Transformation
Purpose and Impact
Smarter Business Buying
Supply Chain Excellence
2024 EMEA Winners
Financial Transformation
Purpose and Impact
Smarter Business Buying
Supply Chain Excellence
2024 EMEA Honorable Mentions
Financial Transformation
Purpose and Impact
Smarter Business Buying
Supply Chain Excellence
2023 Americas Winners
Spendsetter of the Year
Jamie Robles, CPO, Casey's
Power of the Platform for High Growth
Zai Mohammed, Head of Global Procurement, Talkdesk
Power of the Platform
Brandon Rakestraw, MD Corporate, American Airlines
Smarter Spending
Carlene Sifford, Global Purchasing Manager, Priority Ambulance
Financial Agility & Visibility
Stephen Logan, SVP/Vice President Finance, The Hartford
Supply Chain Excellence
Desiana Sukasdadi
Economic & Social Impact
John Kochavatr, CIO
2023 EMEA Winners
Spendsetter of the Year
Novo Nordisk
Economic & Social Impact
CBRE
The Power of the Platform
Kantar
Smarter Spending
Finnair
Financial Agility & Visibility
ESL
Supply Chain Excellence
Syngenta