John Coyne
RFQ automation for industrial procurement teams | Faster quote cycles. Cleaner bid comparisons. Fewer supplier surprises. | Purchaser.ai
- Role
- Head of Growth at Purchaser
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Coyne
I lead growth at Purchaser, an early-stage company focused on improving how industrial teams run RFQs.In complex B2B environments, I’ve seen the same pattern: smart sourcing teams don’t lack strategy, they lack structure in the workflow. RFQs live in inboxes, quotes arrive in different formats, compliance is reviewed manually, and comparisons get rebuilt in spreadsheets. Coordination starts to outweigh decision-making.That friction slows good people down.Across teams running hundreds of RFQs per week, we’ve seen prep time drop from ~40 minutes to under 10, cycle times compress from weeks to days, and entire teams reclaim 100+ hours of capacity without adding headcount. The work shifts back to judgment instead of administration.I care about helping teams remove that drag without blowing up what already works. Keep the relationships. Strengthen the process. Make decisions cleaner and easier to stand behind.I’m optimistic by nature. I believe most operational problems can be simplified if you’re willing to understand them deeply and treat people well along the way.If you’re running RFQs through inbox chains and spreadsheets, let’s talk.
Experience
Head of Growth
Aug 2025 — Present · Lexington, KY, US
Purchaser stabilizes the most decision-critical point in industrial procurement: the RFQ.In high-volume, high-complexity environments, RFQs break first. They fragment across inboxes, specs drift, quotes arrive unstructured, and teams spend more time coordinating than evaluating.We bring structure to the RFQ at the start so compliance is verified before price is debated, comparisons are actually apples-to-apples, and awards are explainable and defensible.Everything else in the platform, visibility, vendor intelligence, historical pricing, exists to reinforce better sourcing decisions at scale.
Education
Ohio University
Bachelors of Arts and Science, Political Science- Pre-Law
2004 — 2009
Harvard University
Professional Development Program, Strategic Sales Management
2017
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