Procurement Audit & Consultancy
Our team of experienced Procurement Specialists have delivered a large number of procurement audits and consultancy projects since 2002. Their work results in significant improvements in client profitability and a reduction in supply chain risk. And in 2011 we delivered a new element into our procurement audit and consultancy programme - sustainable procurement.
Our services include:
- Procurement Healthcheck - an organisation-wide independent audit of your purchasing strategies, policies, procedures, systems, organisational structure, tender, contract and supplier management, skill sets. This identifies opportunities for improvements in internal process efficiency, value for money and governance. We then provide a prioritised action plan to deliver significant value for money improvement. Note that this is completely separate service to our Buying Group, as we would not be seeking to introduce partner suppliers via the audit/consultancy service.
- Sustainable Procurement Healthcheck (NEW) - an organisation-wide independent green audit of your procurement function and its supply chain, with the new British Standard in Sustainable Procurement (BS8903) being used as the framework for the review. The audit identifies opportunities to make a step change in greening up your organisation both internally and externally in relation to your suppliers and customers. We then provide a prioritised action plan to deliver the identified changes. Our experts have significant experience in sustainability across both public and private sectors, and one of our team was on the technical committee that developed BS8903.
- Purchasing Category Consultancy - cost reduction of over 20% is feasible across your travel, print, facilities management, utilities and recruitment agency cost categories. We'll review existing specifications, supply chain management practices and contracts. As with the healthcheck, this element of our work does not involve introducing partner suppliers via a tendering process (unlike the BSA Buying Group).
For a review of the print spend across our 15 sites we used the Buying Support Agency, to input their expert understanding of print cost drivers and the print services market place. They have made an enormous contribution by helping us secure significant savings on price and also by optimising specifications and our ways of working.Ian Sidgwick, Group Purchasing Director, the Jockey Club
This has been an invaluable exercise and represents a giant leap forward in our quest for efficiency. The Buying Support Agency have performed a very thorough analysis of our procurement processes. We would have struggled to understand where further improvements could be found without their expert assistance.Tim Weston, Supplier Manager, VisitBritain (the National Tourism Agency)
If you're looking to review your purchasing function or specific cost categories and would value an independent view from procurement experts then please call us on 0845 5553344.
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