Turning your challenges into measurable results

  • Procurement is still managed with a short-term approach and lacks strategic vision.
  • The procurement portfolio (what to buy, from whom and how) is not properly structured.
  • Trade-offs between cost, quality, innovation and risk are not aligned.
  • Procurement resources are not sized according to business priorities.
  • Procurement remains insufficiently integrated into strategic decision-making.
  • Targeted assessment: analysis of procurement portfolio, spend structure and alignment with business strategy.
  • Prioritized strategy: structuring of category management and definition of category strategies.
  • Operational deployment: implementation of action plans and alignment of procurement resources.
  • Technology & AI: spend management and category analytics tools.
  • People & Change: alignment of teams and structuring of cross-functional governance.
  • Measured results: improved margins, stronger procurement organization and increased contribution to business objectives.

When your procurement strategy no longer supports business performance

  • Raw material, energy and exchange rate increases heavily impact costs.
  • Suppliers pass on price increases without sufficient transparency.
  • Organizations lack visibility on inflation exposure.
  • Customer pass-through mechanisms are poorly controlled.
  • Decisions are made without clear prioritization of mitigation levers.
  • Targeted assessment: mapping of procurement cost drivers (raw materials, energy, exchange rates) and customer pass-through mechanisms.
  • Prioritized strategy: prioritization of mitigation levers (hedging, substitution, redesign-to-cost).
  • Operational deployment: implementation of action plans and negotiation structuring.
  • Technology & AI: should-cost analysis and index steering solutions.
  • People & Change: capability development of teams on cost management.
  • Measured results: 5 to 15% cost reduction, margin protection and improved market anticipation.

When inflation and cost volatility reduce your margins

  • Dependence on specific regions strongly exposes operations.
  • Geopolitical tensions disrupt supply chains.
  • Supply risks (shortages, delays, disruptions) continue to increase.
  • Lack of visibility on tier-2 and lower-tier suppliers limits anticipation.
  • Historical sourcing strategies are no longer adapted to a multipolar world.
  • Targeted assessment: mapping of multi-tier supplier risks and identification of critical dependencies.
  • Prioritized strategy: definition of supplier security strategies and supplier panel adaptation.
  • Operational deployment: implementation of multi-sourcing strategies and continuity plans.
  • Technology & AI: supplier risk monitoring and simulation tools.
  • People & Change: supplier risk awareness across all organizational levels.
  • Measured results: improved supply resilience, reduced operational exposure and stronger supplier security.

When supplier dependencies threaten your operations

  • Procurement data remains fragmented across tools and organizations.
  • Organizations lack visibility on spend, suppliers and procurement performance.
  • Decision-making remains reactive and poorly coordinated.
  • Performance indicators are difficult to consolidate and exploit.
  • Procurement steering lacks real-time visibility.
  • Targeted assessment: evaluation of procurement data maturity, steering capabilities and reporting structures.
  • Prioritized strategy: definition of procurement performance steering models and visibility roadmaps.
  • Operational deployment: implementation of procurement dashboards, governance routines and KPI frameworks.
  • Technology & AI: spend analytics, procurement dashboards and performance monitoring tools.
  • People & Change: support for procurement teams in adopting data-driven steering practices.
  • Measured results: improved procurement visibility, accelerated decision-making and stronger operational steering.

When you lack visibility to steer procurement performance

  • Procurement processes remain complex and difficult to standardize.
  • Approval cycles slow down operational responsiveness.
  • Organizations struggle to streamline procurement workflows.
  • Operational inefficiencies increase indirect costs.
  • Digital tools are not fully integrated into procurement operations.
  • Targeted assessment: analysis of procurement workflows, governance and operational bottlenecks.
  • Prioritized strategy: definition of procurement operating models and process optimization roadmaps.
  • Operational deployment: simplification of procurement processes and implementation of operational governance.
  • Technology & AI: procurement automation, workflow digitization and operational analytics tools.
  • People & Change: support for teams during procurement transformation initiatives.
  • Measured results: improved operational efficiency, reduced cycle times and streamlined procurement operations.

When procurement processes limit operational performance

  • Supplier relationships remain transactional rather than strategic.
  • Organizations struggle to leverage supplier innovation capabilities.
  • Supplier ecosystems are underutilized as performance drivers.
  • Collaboration models with suppliers lack structure and governance.
  • Supplier innovation is insufficiently integrated into business strategy.
  • Targeted assessment: analysis of supplier ecosystems, collaboration maturity and innovation potential.
  • Prioritized strategy: definition of supplier relationship management and supplier innovation roadmaps.
  • Operational deployment: implementation of SRM governance, supplier collaboration models and innovation initiatives.
  • Technology & AI: supplier performance management and collaboration tools.
  • People & Change: alignment of procurement, R&D and operational teams around supplier collaboration.
  • Measured results: increased supplier innovation contribution, improved supplier performance and stronger strategic partnerships.

When you fail to capture the strategic value of suppliers

  • Environmental and regulatory requirements continue to increase.
  • Organizations must integrate ESG criteria into procurement strategies.
  • Supplier ecosystems lack transparency and traceability.
  • Sustainable procurement objectives create new operational constraints.
  • Companies must balance competitiveness, resilience and sustainability.
  • Targeted assessment: analysis of supplier ESG maturity and sustainability exposure.
  • Prioritized strategy: definition of sustainable procurement and responsible sourcing roadmaps.
  • Operational deployment: implementation of supplier sustainability initiatives and responsible sourcing practices.
  • Technology & AI: supplier ESG monitoring, traceability and procurement analytics tools.
  • People & Change: mobilization of procurement teams around sustainable transformation initiatives.
  • Measured results: improved compliance, reduced environmental exposure and stronger sustainable procurement performance.

When sustainability requirements reshape procurement decisions

  • Procurement digitalization initiatives are multiplying without always delivering measurable impact.
  • Tools remain fragmented across procurement processes and organizations.
  • AI and automation use cases struggle to scale operationally.
  • Procurement teams still spend excessive time on low-value activities.
  • Technology investments lack clear ROI visibility.
  • Targeted assessment: evaluation of procurement digital maturity, process automation and AI opportunities.
  • Prioritized strategy: definition of digital procurement transformation roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
  • Operational deployment: implementation of procurement digitalization and automation initiatives.
  • Technology & AI: AI, spend analytics, procurement automation and operational steering tools.
  • People & Change: support for procurement teams in adopting new digital ways of working.
  • Measured results: improved procurement productivity, accelerated adoption and stronger operational performance.

When digital procurement transformation fails to create measurable value

Our projects deliver concrete and sustainable results

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Procurement Consulting Automotive
Diagnosis of Purchasing Digitalization and SRM Digital Tool Implementation
Duration: 18 months
Procurement Consulting Automotive
Conducting a Survey of the Value, the Opportunities and the Implementation of a Single Catalog for Europe
Duration: 1 month
Procurement Consulting Consumer Goods
Assessing Global Synergies Opportunities on Indirect Procurement for a Leading Cosmetics Retailer
Duration: 4 months
Procurement Consulting Real Estate and Construction
Diagnosis and Building a Program to Transform the Procurement Organization to Support a Short and Medium Term Savings Plan
Duration: 2 months
Procurement Consulting Automotive
Conducting a Procurement Optimization Program for an Automotive Subcontractor
Duration: 5 months
Procurement Consulting Automotive
Establishing a New Negotiation and Supplier Relationship Strategy Based on AI Cost Estimation Models
Duration: 5 months
Procurement Consulting Capital Goods, Real Estate and Construction
Reducing Costs and Increasing Product Performance for a Cranes and Hoists Manufacturer
Duration: 7 months
Procurement Consulting Capital Goods
Boosting Supplier Innovation for an Air Conditioning Equipment Manufacturer
Duration: 5 months
Procurement Consulting Air, Space and Defense
Optimizing the Procurement Department of an Aerospace Supplier Committed to a Recovery Plan
Duration: 5 months
Procurement Consulting Distribution, Retail & e-Commerce
Developing Significant Gains on Supplies for an Electrical Equipment Distributor
Duration: 4 months

When complexity increases, the right expertise makes the difference

Anticipating the future of Procurement

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Sustainable Procurement, Securing Supply Chains Within the Industrial World

 19 May. 2022
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Introducing a 360° Supplier Risk Management Approach

 5 May. 2022
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Deploying a Cost Structure Approach for Procurement

 29 Apr. 2022

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