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Speaker

George Childress

Senior Manager IT Vendor and Asset Management, Toyota North America

George is Senior Manager of IT Vendor and Asset Management at Toyota North America, where he leads vendor strategy , IT asset management, Contract Lifecycle Management , Service management and governance across IT operations. He previously held several leadership roles within Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, including Senior Manager for Purchasing Project Management and Assistant Manager in Strategic Sourcing. With over a decade at Toyota, his experience spans manufacturing, sourcing, and operational transformation.

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Advancing Procurement – A Unified Platform for Vendor Management, Licensing & Contracting

Keynote

Thursday, December 04

09:10 am - 09:40 am

Live in Chicago

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This in-progress platform is transforming how the business sources IT services and software. By combining vendor management, guided procurement workflows, and intelligent license access, the solution drastically reduces time-to-contract while cutting down on shadow IT and SaaS sprawl. Instead of navigating fragmented systems, users are guided through a GenAI-powered interface that connects them to approved vendors, existing tools, and faster decision-making. Procurement becomes not just faster—but smarter, standardized, and more cost-effective. In this session you will learn:

  • How to centralize vendor and license management to avoid duplicate tools and contracts?
  • How to shorten procurement cycles from weeks to days through automated workflows?
  • How to give business users an intuitive entry point for requesting IT services—without bypassing procurement?
Presentation

How Can You Successfully Combine Vendor Management, Procurement, and License Access into one Seamless Platform?

1 | Integration Café

Friday, December 05

10:50 am - 03:00 pm

Live in Chicago

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  • How to align internal stakeholder needs across procurement, IT, and legal in one unified process?
  • How to ensure the platform supports both professional services and software procurement workflows?
  • How to build in governance without sacrificing speed or flexibility for end users?
  • How to leverage vendor data and existing entitlements to avoid duplication and shadow IT?
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Company

Toyota North America

https://www.toyota.com/usa
At Toyota, we’re known for making some of the highest quality vehicles on the road. But there is more to our story. We believe in putting people first and creating opportunities for our team members to build careers as unique as they are. As one of the world’s most admired brands, we are leading the way to the future of mobility, so everyone can move freely, happily and comfortably. We have big dreams and believe that nothing is impossible.
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SAMS USA 2025 is part of the Event Series. You can find more events here.
Date
December 04 – 05, 2025
Location
Marriott Marquis Chicago
2121 S Prairie Ave
60616 Chicago
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+1(518)3102904
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