Vendor Management
"Competitive advantage through effective vendor management - we can help your organisation leverage that capability!"
Using our proven transformational methodology we support our customers to establish a strategy, introduce control and build the capability that an organisation needs to get value from their vendors. Our service has provided support to them to:
- Fix distressed vendor relationships, re-aligning them to match both supplier and customer expectations delivering to contractual obligations and improving services.
- Define vendor management strategies which have driven down costs by 20% and established improved commercial terms.
- Implement techniques to identify those vendors truly strategic to the business, prioritising effort to leverage the relationship and maximise value.
- Work collaboratively with customer teams to implement tools and best practice to drive vendor performance, meeting business needs and delivering ongoing improvement.
- Create practical strategies and contingency plans to protect the business in the event of a vendor service or relationship failing.
- Create relationships that have enabled vendors to provide customer opportunities for new revenue, savings benefits and increase business agility.
How do we deliver this? .... Through our tiered, Vendor Management Service and consultancy offering.
Starting with a comprehensive review of your contracts and vendor management capability we will work with you to select the level of service best suited for the needs for your organisation. Our service is flexible but whatever level you choose, our experienced consultants will quickly deploy the tools and framework to effect change and enable you to realise measurable benefits through effective vendor management.
Benefits are immediately tangible.......
The REVIEW stage will assess the maturity of your vendor management organisation, evaluate and organise contract data to develop a strategy and plan to effect real change. The CONTRACT service gives you the visibility to put you in control and manage your vendor portfolio to improve savings and contractual terms.
The ENTERPRISE service provides access to our senior consultants to support negotiations and the delivery of cost savings and commercial benefits. Selecting the ADVANTAGE service will further enable us to work with you to implement tools, techniques and practices, thereby building the desired organisational capability level allowing you to manage vendors to meet changing business needs.
Want proof of our ability? Then read what our current clients have to say about us.
Call for help you can trust today on +44 (0)1789 201630, or email us.
