Future Purchasing
Strategic Procurement & Category Management Experts
Building and securing breakthrough levels of benefits
Leading Category Management Experts
Future Purchasing are strategic partners to market-leading organisations globally, our team of 40 has been trusted to help deliver:
£400b
Managed
325
Projects
25
Countries
25k
Categories
12
Sectors
Future Purchasing are leading category management experts. Our team focuses on designing and driving procurement change programmes that deliver rapid value. We are experts in Procurement Category Management, Supplier Management and Negotiation. We work collaboratively with clients to ensure that all learnings are transferred to client teams and sustainable change implemented.
Paras Sood Joins Future Purchasing
Paras Sood has joined FP’s leadership team to look after our Private Sector clients and further develop our strategic procurement practices and partnerships. Paras has uniquely blended experiences in industry and consulting, leading procurement strategy and transformation initiatives across Financial Services, Life Sciences, FMCG, Manufacturing and Automotive, Raw Materials and the Public Sector. He is also a qualified commercial dispute resolution expert.
We feel positive about 2023 and the prospects of helping create the best strategic procurement teams amidst volatile economic, political, and social challenges. Let’s collaborate on making procurement be the best it can be!
Listen to “Changing Procurement Hearts & Minds” featuring Paras and Phil Ideson at Art of Procurement.
How We Work With You
Procurement Consultancy
We work with senior executives, chief procurement officers (CPOs), vice presidents and their leadership teams in large, complex organisations on major programmes of change.
Procurement Training
We have delivered hundreds of transformational training programs. Our Expert led learning and development pathways introduce tools, techniques and approaches for best practice.
Procurement Coaching
Coaching and mentoring will build your procurement teams, effectiveness and confidence, embedding process, skills and ultimately capability.
2022 Global Category Management Leadership Report
FUTURE PURCHASING’S GLOBAL RESEARCH INTO CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
Since 2012, we have undertaken research five times in conjunction with Henley Business School. More than 1,800 participants from organisations with more than €5tn spend have taken part. The study has provided over 250,000 data points that allow us to pinpoint best practices and define the missing standards for implementing category management. The report containing the results and our actionable recommendations detail how to gain the best value from category management.
Sectors Future Purchasing Work With
Retail & Consumer Goods
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
transport
Technology & Telecoms
Public Sector
Professional Services
Media & Marketing
Hospitality
Banking & Finance
Utilities
Manufacturing & Industrials
Construction & Property
Procurement Training & Consultancy
Expert led training and development in procurement category management, supplier management, procurement negotiation and strategic alignment that transforms your procurement team with a tangible return on Investment.
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