Purchasing Strategy

We can help you develop your purchasing strategy and roadmap for the journey ahead to achieve precisely what your organisation is demanding from your function. We have extensive experience of working with executive teams and senior purchasing staff to review the function and identify the route forward. We can help you map the components of your purchasing strategy and develop the specific actions and activities required for each. We can also help you identify the business case for investment in purchasing to achieve corporate objectives.

Developing and implementing effective purchasing strategy starts with an understanding of where you and your organisation want purchasing to be and the degree of intevention that will achieve the results you need. Often this is the hardest part and the vision of what needs to happen may be obscured in the minds of the decision makers by what has gone before. We can help to identify the future direction and to work with key executive team members to change understanding.

Call us today to find out how we can help shape purchasing strategy in your organisation.

Determine the roadmap ahead

Once you have determined your strategic direction we can help you develop a clear roadmap to realise your objectives. Working with your senior team we can create detailed plans for people development, systems development and the future  structure for your purchasing function. We can make sure your plans are fully aligned with your overall purchasing strategy and ultimately the corporate strategy and direction. Finally we can provide Partner level coaching to your senior team to turn plans into action and measure the benefits

Structuring the team

We can help you determing and implement the right organisational structure for your team. Working with you we can identify the optimum team structure, systems and ways of working and then work out how you can transition from where you are now to where you need to be. We can help to recruit new team members, working with our recruitment partners, and once selected we can train and develop your team so you have the required level of capability.

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World Class Assessment

    World Class Assessment
    Our World Class Assessment program is a structured approach to gain an understanding of all the current approaches within the Purchasing function and how these compare with current best practice. Our World Class Assessment examines 25 key areas of the function and using a combination of assessment, stakeholder interviews and benchmarking enables us to develop a precise map of the areas where purchasing is strong and the areas where improved arrangements will yield improved performance. This can then help shape purchasing strategy.

    Call us today to find out how we can carry out a Positive Purchasing World Class Assessment in your organisaiton.

    Measuring progress

    We can help you to measure the overall progress of your purchasing function so you can demonstrate the value you are contributing to the organisaiton. By combining our Competency Assessment
    programs with our World Class Assessment programs and our benefits measurement and tracking system we can help you put in place real metrics that demonstrate achievements.