Services.

Develop and Implement Buying and/or Risk Management Strategies

• Negotiate vendor contracts by coaching your in-house buyers or by acting as the actual buying agent for key contract buying events.
• Monitor contract progress/depletion to ensure there are no overages or gaps between contracts.
• Preview/Anticipate Next  Moves:
  • Trigger hedge to buy decisions
  • Trigger next buy timing decisions
  • Set buy target levels to trigger next Senior Team buying review of ownership positions and future strategies.

Procurement Department Evaluation

• Facilitate interdepartmental communication (between IT, Sales, Marketing,etc...) to help ensure that the whole company is focused on a unified direction and working together towards a common goal.
• Determine if your current IT/Data Base is keeping you competitive and can recommend techniques, resources, and solutions to keep your department ahead of the curve.
• Evaluate your procurement department and provide a plan for Right Sizing based on your current, and future required, Staffing Levels and Skill Levels.
• Coach buyers to:
  • Improve negotiation skills
  • Develop data and tracking tools to monitor contract depletion and markets.

Track Key Commodity Markets

• Written Weekly Commodity Report.
• Special Seasonal market report sections included in weekly report.
• On Request deeper dive analysis of individual markets discussing historical trends, buying opportunities and future prospects.
• In Person commodity reports to discuss market trends, buying strategies and risk management strategies.

Universal Sourcing Agent

• Identify vendors for new, unique, or hard to find items; finding exactly what you need at the price you can afford.

Act as your In House Market Expert for Your External Customer Community

• Market presentations at your customers' offices explaining the current markets and how they impact pricing and availability.
• Provide weekly commodity reports: “Provided as a courtesy by your vendor….”