Practical Procurement
Added Value Sourcing

The Collaborative Procurement Operating Model

From Function to Valued Partner.

We help procurement professionals deliver 10%+ profit improvement through transparent, collaborative supplier relationships that generate $1M–$2M in measurable value outcomes.

4 months per engagement
9 domains · 3 phases
20+ years of practice
The Reality

Are you experiencing this?

Stuck on the Roundabout

Struggling to find new opportunities from already leveraged expenditure? Going around the same old roundabout with no clear roadmap?

Invisible to the Business

Finding it harder to get improvements past senior management? Feeling like procurement is being done TO the business rather than WITH it?

On the Back Foot with Suppliers

On the receiving end of what your suppliers think your problems are? Negotiating from their number, not yours?

If any of these feel familiar, you are not alone. There is a better way.

Discover Added Value Sourcing
The Operating Model

A nine domain operating system for continuous value.

Built on transparency, collaboration and continuous value creation. Three phases. Nine domains. One arc from Create to Align to Realise.

Create Values

Intelligence: Diagnostics

Establish clear priorities across your spend, stakeholders and suppliers. Create the values that drive everything forward.

  1. 1

    Spend Intelligence

    From Roundabout to Roadmap

  2. 2

    Stakeholder Engagement

    From Adversary to Ally

  3. 3

    True Cost

    From Price Taker to Market Maker

Align Targets

Strategy: Design

Design your marketplace approach, generate novel options and build the relationship framework that aligns targets across your organisation.

  1. 4

    Marketplace

    From Observer to Architect

  2. 5

    Options

    From Obvious to Novel

  3. 6

    Relationship Design

    From Metrics to Meaning

Realise Performance

Execution: Activate

Negotiate, commit and develop supplier relationships that realise performance continuously, not just at contract renewal.

  1. 7

    Negotiation

    From Trading to Creating

  2. 8

    Contracting

    From Clauses to Culture

  3. 9

    Supplier Development

    From Managing to Leading

CreateAlignRealise
The Transformation

From Function to Valued Partner.

Most procurement functions are seen as cost centres. A necessary department that negotiates prices and manages contracts. The Collaborative Procurement Operating Model changes that permanently.

When procurement is built on transparent cost intelligence, aligned stakeholder relationships and collaborative supplier partnerships, it becomes the most strategically valuable function in the business.

Typical Outcome
$1M–$2M

in measurable value outcomes

Sustainable
Continuous
Collaborative
Delivered in a 4 month engagement.

Ready to move from Function to Valued Partner?

Book a no-obligation diagnostic call with Warwick. We'll identify your highest value procurement opportunity and show you exactly where the $1M–$2M is hiding in your organisation.