Efficio and OpenAI announce strategic ​​collaboration​​ to accelerate AI-driven impact in procurement

London, UK, 10th December 2025 - Efficio, the world’s leading procurement and supply chain management consultancy, and OpenAI today announced a strategic ​​collaboration​​ to enhance how Efficio’s consultants deliver measurable impact to clients. 

The​ ​collaboration ​​aims to harness OpenAI’s technology to transform procurement use cases by accelerating​ time to insight, supporting smarter decisions, and ultimately driving stronger commercial outcomes, increased savings delivery, and resilience.

From experimentation to enterprise adoption 

Since early 2024, Efficio and OpenAI have collaborated to embed generative AI into procurement workflows. After an experimental phase testing hundreds of use cases, Efficio rolled out ​​​​ChatGPT Enterprise internally across its global business, achieving high adoption and measurable productivity gains across its consultant workforce. 

Safe, scalable, and human-centred AI 

Efficio has established systematic onboarding, training, and upskilling to ensure safe, effective AI usage. With proven methods to suppress hallucinations and enhance reliability, the firm enables its people to use AI confidently to augment human expertise, not replace it. 

Delivering client value through innovation 

Efficio’s use of OpenAI technology both enhances the capability of Efficio’s teams and forms the basis of client solutions. Integrated into Efficio’s Connected Platform and deployed via custom-built client toolsets, OpenAI’s technology streamlines analysis, improves visibility, and helps procurement teams make more informed, faster decisions. 

A shared commitment to responsible innovation 

OpenAI has supported Efficio throughout this journey, from sharing use cases to connecting industry peers to hosting Efficio leaders at ​​events​​ to discuss responsible enterprise AI adoption. 

“Our ​​collaboration​​ with OpenAI enables us to transform how procurement teams work to deliver meaningful commercial outcomes that impact their bottom line,” said Jose Oliveira, Vice President of Product and Technology at Efficio. “We’re combining human expertise with AI capability to transform the procurement function to be future-ready.” 

​​“Efficio shows how​ consultancies​ ​​can​​ embed AI responsibly and effectively at scale,” said Orian English, EMEA GTM leader at OpenAI. “Their work demonstrates how AI can amplify consulting expertise and drive greater client impact.”​    

About Efficio 

Efficio is the world’s leading procurement and supply chain management consultancy, combining expert people, best-in-class methodologies, and proprietary AI tools and digital platforms to deliver sustained impact for clients. With offices across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, Efficio partners with organisations to unlock value, drive transformation, and achieve lasting competitive advantage. 

For more information, please contact:  

alison.ward@efficioconsulting.com

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