Outsourced Procurement Services
We provide outsourced category and procurement function management for your non-core categories, to deliver and sustain increased value and savings significantly beyond current levels. We have particular expertise in managing complex services categories such as IT, telecoms, HR services, facilities, marketing, consulting services, travel and other corporate services, and currently have over £1bn annual spend under direct management.
We offer
- A managed service that delivers effective category management, increased savings and value, whilst reducing your internal headcount and management time
- Expert on-site teams focusing on high service delivery to the business users, working as an integral part of your wider procurement function
- Flexible access to all of 4C's global resources, category expertise, client base, procurement technology and benchmark data on an as-needed basis
The benefits
You get more effective category management, and spend less internal resource and management time on noncore categories.
Effective category management:
Achieving more with less: Small dedicated on-site team, leveraging 4C's large off-site resource, skill, procurement technology and client base
Accelerated benefits delivery: Access to category project delivery experts as and when needed to match the variable workload demands
Breadth and depth of expertise: Full range of category expertise, relationship building, negotiation, analysis, contracting and technology skills
Focus: Your non-core categories are 4C's primary focus
Return on investment: Our costs are directly linked to performance, measured by a balanced scorecard of performance metrics
Reduced internal resource and management time:
Improved spend visibility and control: Our spend and category dashboards can be fed by any ERP system and provide clarity of category spend, preferred supplier contract performance, and end user compliance
Reduced management time: Day-to day activities for categories under our remit are managed by our team, freeing up your management time related to dealing with non-strategic issues.