• Category Management Process:

Our Category Management process is a powerful method of managing categories of spend as strategic business plans, which produce improved business results by focusing on business needs. We combine best practice strategic purchasing with the best practice principles of cross functional working, and organizational change management. We use a systematic approach used by world class organizations to maximize the contribution Purchasing makes to the organization’s performance and bottom line results.

• Working with you:

Purchasing Practice works with clients to first analyze spend data, defining suitable categories then working on a category by category basis to deliver significant benefits. The process works through cross functional engagement and participation to ensure optimum results delivery and successful implementation.

• Category Management services:

• Category definition: analyzing spend and supply markets to produce a logical Category Management structure.
• Category review: reviewing a specific category of spend to identify the opportunities for improvement in terms of pricing, service, specification and / or process.
• Strategic sourcing: providing a full strategic sourcing service including sourcing strategy, RFx management, negotiation and contracting
• RFx management: providing a full tender management service from drafting and issue through to evaluation, short-listing, negotiations and contracting
• Implementation: managing the implementation of new arrangements, managing the change with both internal stakeholders and suppliers

• Category Management Model

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