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A large retail groups with approx. 80 sites across 3 states had a number of different office supplies suppliers in use, built up following an acquisition spree. Constant cost escalation & limited account management meant the client was getting less out of the relationship that it could.
Spend Solutions was engaged to develop a strategic procurement solution for office supplies, including conducting a tender. Initially, Spend Solutions spoke with key internal stakeholders to understand their perspectives, expectations & current management practices. A market tender was then conducted to obtain proposals from suppliers & to assess capability in line with client requirements. Given the diverse mix of site locations, special attention was paid to regional sites & suppliers ability to sufficiently support then.
The review identified significant commercial opportunities by consolidating spend with less suppliers & improving supplier performance by deploying a metro/regional sourcing strategy.
Opportunities to improve supplier performance were also identified through development of a performance based agreement including KPIs & reporting, with regular reviews to track progress.
By acting on the information obtained from the review, the client was able to mitigate identified business risk, significantly reduce costs & improve overall supplier performance.