Why use a Procurement consultant?

If you don’t have your own Procurement team, or lack the depth of expertise within your team, consultancy is a cost-effective solution for your Procurement challenges.

What are your alternative options? Read more.

How does it work?

Consider me an extension of your Procurement team, or your “go-to” Procurement person.

You choose the option that works best for you:

  • Hire me for ad hoc advice from as little as 1 hour, or;

  • You give me a specific task to work on, or;

  • Ask me to support you on a specific Procurement activity within your company, or;

  • I run and facilitate activity-focused workshops (see below)

  • Face-to-face, or virtually (from anywhere in the world)

What are the benefits for you?

Expertise just when you need it (you don’t need to hire a contractor for 6-months) that can deliver, by way of examples;

  •  Profit improvement - through structured cost management / cost reduction programmes

  •  Better value from your spend – innovation, lead time improvements, increased supplier performance eg quality

  •  Enhanced risk management – supply disruption, supplier selection, ESG obligations

Which type of companies would benefit from hiring a Procurement consultant?

  • Small & medium-sized companies who lack sufficient Procurement resources to allow them to exploit opportunities across their 3rd party spend

  • Manufacturers - due to their high proportion of revenue spent with 3rd parties

Cost reduction workshops and audits

Increase your profitability with breakthrough cost reduction activity!

  • Quick start session – how to start, where to look, tools you can use (1-day)

  • Cost reduction workshop - using your real situation to identify opportunities and create cost reduction plans that will deliver results (1 or 2 days)

  • Value engineering / value analysis workshop – identify specification-related value improvement opportunities (1 or 2 days)

  • Cost reduction audit – deep dive into your 3rd party spend, identifying savings opportunities and an implementation approach (duration as per your requirements)

My expertise can help you with your Procurement challenges:

Negotiation

  • Preparation

  • Strategy

  • Coaching

Supplier Sourcing

  • Strategy

  • Risk management

  • Cost optimisation

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

  • Identifying value suppliers can bring

  • Making it work for you

  • Governance to keep momentum

Contracting

  • Commercial models

  • Incentives & remedies

  • Risk management

Supplier Onboarding

  • Policy compliance

  • Selection criteria

  • Supplier audits

Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)

  • How to start

  • Strategic planning

  • Supplier alignment