PROCUREMENT SERVICES

Procurement Services: Find the Savings, Run the Process

Since 2011 we have helped organisations cut procurement cost through consulting projects, and run day-to-day procurement for them under agreed SLAs. Use one service, or combine them.

14+ years

Serving organisations with global operations

50+

Procurement professionals

700+

Sourcing categories covered

8-12%

Typical savings on strategic sourcing projects

40-60%

Lower cost of running operations than in-house

Two ways to work with us

Procurement consulting

We find and secure the value. Spend analysis, strategic sourcing, best cost country sourcing, tail spend, collective buying, analytics, intelligence, supplier risk, supplier diversity and sustainable procurement. Project-based, with a clear deliverable. Typical savings on strategic sourcing projects: 8-12%.

Procurement outsourcing

We run the work. A dedicated team handles your RFQs, purchase orders, supplier operations, master data and reporting under agreed SLAs, at 40-60% lower cost than running it in-house. You keep final negotiation, strategy and supplier relationships if you choose.

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Many clients use both: we find the savings, then run the process day to day.

Our procurement services

Choose the service you need, or ask us where to start.
Run your procurement process

Procurement Outsourcing

A dedicated team runs your RFQs, purchase orders, supplier operations, master data and reporting under agreed SLAs, at 40-60% lower cost than in-house. Start with one process and extend as you see results. We automate each process once it is stable, so the gain in speed and cost goes to you.

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Procurement outsourcing: a dedicated team running procurement processes under SLAs
Find and secure savings
Spend analysis showing where procurement spend goes

Spend Analysis

Collect, clean and classify your spend data to see where the money goes, with which suppliers and at what price, and where the savings are.

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Strategic sourcing: filtering suppliers to the best offer

Strategic Sourcing

Structured sourcing projects, backed by market intelligence, that typically deliver 8-12% savings.

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Best cost country sourcing: finding suppliers across lower-cost countries

Best Cost Country Sourcing

Find and qualify suppliers in lower-cost countries, balancing price, quality and risk.

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Tail spend management: many small purchases and suppliers brought under control

Tail Spend Management

Bring the many small suppliers and low-value purchases under control. Our spot buy service delivers in 3-4 days with 8-10% savings.

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Collective buying: several organisations pooling purchasing volume

Collective Buying

Pool purchasing volume with other organisations to negotiate better prices and terms.

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Savings compliance tracking checklist comparing negotiated and actual prices

Savings Compliance Tracking

Track whether negotiated prices and savings are actually realised, so reported savings become real savings. Our tracking has moved from a manual process to an automated one.

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Build the data and insight
Master data management: clean, verified item and supplier data

Master Data Management

Clean, standardise and maintain your item master data. We check every new request against the existing master and automate most steps with Python-based tools, with analysts reviewing the output. For one client we manage about 400,000 codes and complete 98-99% of standard requests within 2 working days.

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Procurement analytics: spend trends turned into decisions

Procurement Analytics

Dashboards and analysis that turn procurement data into decisions.

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Procurement intelligence: supply market research

Procurement Intelligence

Supply market insight for your categories, including our library of 700 procurement market intelligence reports.

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Procurement dashboards and tools

Dashboards and Tools

Spend dashboards and tools built from real procurement work, such as our savings compliance tool.

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Manage risk and meet your goals
Supplier risk assessment: warning on supply risks

Supplier Risk Assessment

Assess and monitor supplier risk, from financial and geopolitical changes to supply disruptions, so you can act early.

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Supplier diversity: a network of varied suppliers

Supplier Diversity

Design programmes that widen your supplier base to include diverse suppliers, and track the share of diverse spend.

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Sustainable procurement: environmental and social criteria in sourcing

Sustainable Procurement

Add environmental and social criteria to supplier selection and track progress toward your sustainability goals.

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How the services fit together

Most engagements follow the same path. You can enter at any step, and you choose whether we advise or run the work.

1

Get the data right

Item master cleaning, spend classification and a spend dashboard.

2

See the opportunity

Opportunity assessment: a six-month wave plan and a savings bubble chart.

3

Capture the savings

Strategic sourcing, best cost country sourcing and tail spend projects.

4

Make savings stick

Automated savings compliance tracking: realised matches reported.

Procurement outsourcing Our team can run any of these steps for you day to day, under agreed SLAs, while you keep final negotiation, strategy and supplier relationships if you choose. Once a process is stable and measured, we automate it, so you get faster turnaround, fewer errors and lower cost over time. Explore procurement outsourcing →

Results we are proud of

83% faster

PO acknowledgement. A dedicated team runs five processes for a global energy and utilities group under 16 SLAs. After one year: 10.6 days down to 1.8, and 9 of 16 SLAs at 95% or above.

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Over AED 135M

Realised through a multi-year pharmaceutical RFP programme for a leading UAE healthcare group. Compliance rose from 57% to 69%.

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98-99%

Of standard item code requests completed within 2 working days, on about 400,000 codes and 4,800 requests a month, over the last 12 months.

All three results come from real client work. Client names are withheld, and some details and figures are adjusted to protect confidentiality. The results shown are representative of what we delivered.

Not sure where to start?

We don’t know where our money goes

Start with a spend analysis and opportunity assessment. We size the opportunity from your data before you commit.

Our team is stretched

Outsource one process under SLAs. Extend it when you see results.

Our data is messy

Start with master data management. We clean your item master and keep it clean.

Frequently asked questions

We offer procurement consulting (spend analysis, strategic sourcing, best cost country sourcing, tail spend, collective buying, savings compliance tracking, analytics, intelligence, supplier risk, supplier diversity and sustainable procurement) and procurement outsourcing, where a dedicated team runs your day-to-day procurement under agreed SLAs.

Consulting is project-based: for example a spend analysis or a sourcing project that finds and secures savings. Outsourcing is an ongoing service where a dedicated team runs processes such as RFQs and purchase orders. Many clients use both.

If you do not know where the savings are, start with a spend analysis. If your team is stretched, start with one outsourced process. If your data is messy, start with master data. We will suggest the best first step on a discovery call.

Strategic sourcing projects typically deliver 8-12% savings, and procurement outsourcing typically costs 40-60% less than running the same operations with an in-house team. We size the opportunity from your data before you commit.

Yes. Many clients keep final negotiation, category strategy and strategic supplier relationships. We prepare the fact base, run the RFQs and analysis and support the negotiation, while your team leads it. If you prefer, we can lead negotiations for you.

We serve organisations with global operations, including Fortune 500 companies, with exposure to the US, UK and Middle East markets. Our case studies include energy and utilities, healthcare and pharmaceuticals.

It depends on how we work together. In procurement outsourcing, our team logs in remotely to your network on workstations built with your operating system and security policies, external drives are blocked and we store no client files at our delivery centre in India. In consulting projects, the data you share is covered by a confidentiality agreement, need-to-know access and access-controlled project folders. Our delivery centre in India has 24/7 security, biometric access and CCTV.

Book a discovery call or write to Sales@EmpoweringCPO.com. Tell us what you want to improve, and we will suggest where to start.

Both. We first run a process manually until it is stable and measured. Then we build or adopt tools to make it faster and more consistent. For example, we automated most steps of our item master data process with Python-based tools, and moved savings compliance tracking from a manual process to an automated one. We apply AI where the data and process are ready for it, not before.

Tell us what you want to improve

Tell us whether you want to find savings, run a procurement process for you, or both. We will suggest where to start.

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