Procurement Transformation : On the Ground

1. PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION:
ON THE GROUND

2. WHO
I have been doing Procurement since the late 1900's

3. WHAT
 So what should Procurement do for you?
 Contract & Supplier Management
 Innovation
 Supplier Selection
 Savings and buying strategies for the business
 Various agenda’s (CSR, Green, ABC, Anti
Slavery)
 Purchasing
 Management Information

4. WHEN
 When should you transform your
Procurement function?
 When you need to save money?
 When the finance function upgrade their system?
 When the New HoP is taken on?
 When the organisation has fallen foul of the
Regs?
 These are all re-active points in time
 The real answer is “Now”

5. WHERE
 Where does the Procurement function sit?
 In Finance?
 In IT?
 In Operations? (Directs)
 On their own in the corner?
 The correct answer is “At Board Level”

6. WHY
 Business Performance Support
 Because Organisations need:
 Contract & Supplier Management
 Innovation
 Supplier Selection
 Savings and buying strategies for the business
 Various agenda’s (CSR, Green, ABC, Anti Slavery)
 Purchasing
 Management Information

7. HOW
 Find a start point
 Contract Management
 A poor performing supplier
 Procurement Policy
 Actually do the ‘Phase 2’

8. Q&A
 What does your contract management Function
look like?
 Not Done OR Spreadsheet OR System?
 What does Supplier Management look like?
 Suppliers categorised and their performance
Measured / Scored?
 Do you have a Procurement Policy?
 95% Policy compliance?
 Do you have a Procurement system?
 Full End to End Procurement System?

9. THANK YOU
 Thank you for your time
 Tony Morris BA CIPS
 I am writing a book on this topic and I hope you
will buy it when it comes out
 (I lag behind my Wife as her book will be
published in Feb)

10. THANK YOU