Build: Building a fit for purpose category management process. This has to reflect business requirements and the state of procurement maturity in the client.

Learn: Using a range of learning, development and coaching interventions. This has to address not just skills and competences but also behaviours and values.

Lead: Working with the procurement leadership team and key stakeholders. Encourage them to apply governance and programme management in a motivating manner.    

Apply: Applying the process and its toolkit with different types of categories and suppliers. This is designed to build confidence, competence and critical mass of users.

Deliver: Ensuring timely delivery of promised and really valued benefits for the business. Monitor, track, measure and publicise results in the right way.

Future Purchasing is a centre of excellence in the design and implementation of category management processes that actually work. We provide:

• High quality processes, tools, coaching, education and programme design
• Extensive change management experience within complex environments
• Transfer of expertise to client staff to build sustainable capability
• Clear focus on the user experience
• Innovative and experimental approaches
• Measurable improvements
• A passionate way of working

Contact us for a category management diagnostic where we assess your current capability against our best-in-class framework covering all the elements of Build, Learn, Apply, Lead & Deliver.

Call Simon Brown on: + 44 (0) 7961 110529
or email sbrown@futurepurchasing.com