Service Offering - Effective Sourcing and Procurement Strategies

Sourcing is on many peoples agenda. Too often, strategic sourcing means a programme for centralization rather than a programme for effectiveness. This offering is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness agenda for purchasing.

Deliverables :

• Assessment of compliance between actual procurement behaviour and best practice models including:
  • Strategic sourcing concepts,
  • Centralization versus alignment models for strategic sourcing,
  • Contracts and supply agreement development,
  • Supply review processes,
  • Sourcing steering committee,
  • Planning calendars and alignment with planning,
• KPI’s and measures of value,
• Organization design and development.
• Identification of opportunities for further improvements.
• Identification of dis-functionalisms that should be eliminated.
• Technology recommendations related to enhancing value from deployed procurement systems.

Typical Duration :(contingent on operating unit complexity, system capability and robustness of the current process)

Typical Sponsor

• Senior Director Procurement or Supply Chain.
  Site Director Supply Chain, Purchasing Manager or General Manager.