Sustainment is the title sponsor of the KonnectHouse Direct Procurement Leadership Summit, taking place October 20-21, 2026 at the Newberry Library in Chicago. In addition to title sponsorship, Sustainment will exhibit and present during the two-day program.
About the summit
The Direct Procurement Leadership Summit brings together senior leaders across direct procurement, supply chain, strategic sourcing, supplier management, and digital transformation to address the shift from reactive, manual, fragmented sourcing to a more data-driven, resilient procurement operating model, one that improves supplier visibility, reduces risk, protects production continuity, and strengthens cost decisions.
That agenda is Sustainment's home turf. Direct procurement in manufacturing has been underserved by tools built for indirect spend, and this summit is one of the few rooms in the country focused specifically on the leaders solving that problem.
Why this partnership runs deep
Sustainment's connection to KonnectHouse goes beyond sponsorship. Spencer Traver, Sustainment's Director of Marketing and Revenue Operations, serves on the KonnectHouse advisory board, helping shape programming that reflects what direct procurement and sourcing leaders actually face inside manufacturing organizations. Our presentation at the summit will draw on that same ground-level view: what separates manufacturers that treat sourcing as a strategic function from those still running it through inboxes and spreadsheets.
Join us in Chicago
The summit is a curated, executive-level format, so seats are limited. If you lead direct procurement, strategic sourcing, or supplier management at a manufacturer, this is worth two days on your calendar.