Decrease your Time to Value with Access to Category-Specific Subject Matter Expertise
Creating value that drives competitive advantage – through cost optimization, risk mitigation, revenue growth, or operational agility – requires deep domain subject matter expertise.
Our ecosystem of subject matter experts enables you to quickly identify the opportunities that maximize the impact of procurement and can support your team with targeted insights and coaching or manage an entire project on your behalf.
Experts are pre-vetted to ensure they have the knowledge and experiences that you need, and are assessed against our Procurement, Inc. approach. We partner with boutique consulting firms and independent subject matter experts, and match our experts based on your specific project need.
You always have final say on the selected expert, and Art of Procurement retains full responsibility for their performance.
Our approach provides you with the benefits of a fully built and scalable team of experts without the burden of contracting and managing the performance of each individual. Our experts leverage the principles of our Procurement, Inc. framework, ensuring that their performance is aligned with your corporate objectives.
The Art of Procurement Difference
On-demand access to a network of the leading procurement category experts in the world.
Our Experts are deployed for you leveraging the principles of our Procurement, Inc. framework, ensuring that their performance is always aligned with corporate objectives.
Our Expertise Includes the Following Areas of Spend
We mobilize our extensive network to identify resources for industry-specific expertise where it does not currently exist within our pre-vetted ecosystem.
We Support You with a Range of Service Offerings
Category Strategy
- Category opportunity assessment
- Category plan development
- Virtual category management
Strategic Sourcing Advisory
- Sourcing project opportunity assessment
- Sourcing strategy validation
- Supplier response & negotiation strategy
Strategic Sourcing Execution
- Requirements development
- RFP development & administration
- Sourcing project management
Performance Management
- Contract longevity assessment
- Supplier performance improvement
- Supplier value enhancement
