Reducing the cost of services: Federal agency

Procurement Transformation

Your roadmap to world-class procurement

Procurement transformation is a continuous process and at GEP, we help you strategically integrate the procurement objectives of your businesses with their financial performance goals. GEP follows a four-step process to accelerate procurement transformation:

  • A tactical approach: this involves creating a procurement transformation blueprint to address needs with effective assessment of challenges and objectives. It also involves detailed evaluation of existing procurement and supply management activities.
  • Increasing spend visibility: Along a transformation journey, it is important to identify the number of key suppliers present and the amount of spend associated with each.
  • Creating better relationships: Dive deep into the key categories to be targeted, and create a category management strategy for each. This can be done by finding ways to leverage partners that complement the organization’s skills and expertise, and by focusing on creating better relationship with key suppliers.
  • Maintaining focus: It is vital to stay focused on the procurement process during the transformation process. Attention to process efficiency and transformation process governance will help ensure success in moving the organization forward, and avoiding the tendency to lapse back into inefficiency and old habits.

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Organizational Design, M&A Services, Logistics Optimization, Supply Chain Management