Transformations that unlock the full potential of operations, sustained by building institutional capabilities and adding agility
SAG procurement advisory services answer central questions including:
- Is your procurement function helping the business keep pace with digital disruption?
- Is procurement operations at or above best-in-class performance? If not, what specific actions should we take to get there?
- Is procurement delivering speed, innovation, and competitive advantage?
- How will automation, bots and other advancements impact procurement? And what, if anything, should you do about this … now and in the long-term?
- How are your suppliers impacting your business? Which of your vendors are truly strategic, and how do you dispassionately assess the nature of their value to your business? What strategies have you implemented to mitigate your dependence on these suppliers, and what has been done to shift the value in the relationship to favor you?
Our approach addresses the full range of underpinnings that enable procurement to strategically support the enterprise’s growth and competitive objectives:
- Is your procurement function helping the business keep pace with digital disruption?
- Is procurement operations at or above best-in-class performance? If not, what specific actions should we take to get there?
- Is procurement delivering speed, innovation, and competitive advantage?
- How will automation, bots and other advancements impact procurement? And what, if anything, should you do about this … now and in the long-term?
- How are your suppliers impacting your business? Which of your vendors are truly strategic, and how do you dispassionately assess the nature of their value to your business? What strategies have you implemented to mitigate your dependence on these suppliers, and what has been done to shift the value in the relationship to favor you?
Whether engaged for full-scale transformation or targeted improvements, Sourcing Advisors Group’s procurement consultants can help you drive meaningful benefits across your enterprise.
Cross-operations diagnostic
Assess the current operations system (including processes, digital and analytics, management practices, mindset and behaviors, and capabilities), and size the full improvement potential.
Future state design and road mapping
Design a coherent vision of the operations system and step-change aspiration, the implementation road map, and a change management strategy.
Design initiatives to realize vision
across dimensions and achieve aspiration. Launch identified quick wins.
Change and sustainability engine
Deploy across the enterprise a full capability-building strategy that spans functional capabilities and transformation skills. Develop the change management process to achieve engagement and change mindset and behaviors. Set up the implementation management process and tools to ensure focus on execution and fast resolution of roadblocks.
Corporate process upgrades
Adapt specific corporate processes to support an integrated operations agenda. Ensure the corporate business functions, from business strategy to human resources to digital and analytics, are operationally focused.
>20%
EBITDA improvement
>40%
Productivity gain
>50%
Time-to-market improvement