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Procurement Insights is a networking consultancy working with small to medium sized enterprises sharing best procurement practice, organisational redesign, mentoring and networking. We work with companies in providing a variety of different sustainable procurement services.

The CIPS award winning team at Procurement Insights have over 30 years experience working with procurement teams in organisation of all sizes, from global multi nationals to SMEs.

Are these challenges that your Procurement Team face?

Building a Sustainable Procurement solution

‘‘More and more companies in the face of stringent regulations are pushing to develop ESG brand credentials. Pressure from banks and investors, the need to improve employee engagement or to attract and retain talent. Research shows ESG performers enjoy faster growth and higher valuations than other players by a margin of 10 to 20%.’ – How do you transition your company to become a sustainability leader?

Strengthening supply-chain resilience

‘Following the challenges of the Pandemic and worldwide component shortages the subject of supply chain risk mitigation becomes a key priority as companies struggle keep their production lines running’ – what elements of best practice and supply chain tools could be considered?

Developing real value add Category Strategies

The combination of Strategic and analytic tools to build proprietary market forecasts and deep category strategies. Assessment of the total cost of ownership and risk coupled with adept project management and influencing skills – What do the category strategies look like, can they really drive bottom line value add?

Supplier Partnerships and Innovation

How to build those deep mutually beneficial supplier relationships. The time for quick win tactical negotiations are over. Strategic relationships at Board level drive procurement credibility and real long term value

Procurement Talent Management – Team building and Mentoring

Key to the team development is an effective HR strategy. Do you need some external experienced support in building the team?

Automation and the importance of data

Allowing companies to leverage valuable data, enforce compliance through policy, track spend for greater visibility, and drive increased operational performance. Is your tactical purchasing providing you with data to make value add insights?

Andrew Vaughan

Founder / CEO

Andrew has over 30 years of experience leading Procurement Teams across the globe including Marks &Spencer, River Island, Black & Decker, De La Rue, Presto, Baxi and BDR Thermea.

Winner of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) awards in 2008 and 2010

Procurement Leaders European CPO of the Year (shortlisted)