WHY WORK WITH A PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST?
There are many reasons why working with a procurement specialist can benefit your business, from cost savings to improved efficiency and resilience. Here are some of the key advantages:
Specialist Expertise
When working with a procurement specialist you get access to industry trends, supplier history, and industry-specific pricing structures. They will decode jargon, cutting through the minefield of buzzwords and confusing tech talk.
Cost Savings
A procurement specialist can identify and qualify the best suppliers for your needs, ensuring reliable quality, efficient delivery, and long-term cost savings. They can also implement strategic sourcing techniques like vendor consolidation and price benchmarking to further optimise your spending.
Efficiency
Working with a procurement specialist is efficient. They can analyse and streamline your procurement processes, eliminating inefficiencies and saving you valuable time and resources. They can implement digital tools and automation to manage requisitions, approvals, and contracts, reducing manual workload.
Reduced Risk
You can’t afford to expose your organisation to potentially risky suppliers, downtime or loss of revenue. A procurement specialist can identify and mitigate procurement-related risks, such as supply chain disruptions, supplier insolvencies, and contractual issues. This proactive approach can help you avoid costly delays and problems down the line.
Data-Driven Decisions
Procurement specialists use data to help your organisations make the best decisions. They use proven templates and tools to develop an evidence-based procurement decision that is right for your business.
Looking Beyond Cost Savings
- Sustainability: A Procurement specialist can integrate sustainable practices into your sourcing strategy, helping you choose environmentally friendly and ethically sourced products and services. This can enhance your brand image and resonate with conscious consumers.
- Innovation: They can identify and partner with innovative suppliers who offer cutting-edge technologies and solutions, giving your business a competitive edge.
Return on Investment
Working with a procurement specialist can provide a valuable return on investment. They can help you optimise your spending, streamline your processes, manage risks, and make informed decisions about your procurements.
Gain Procurement Managing Director, Anton Gain elaborates: “working with an experienced procurement expert can make a significant difference to the future success of businesses. A great supplier will enhance your business. And a bad one can break it.”
Whether you're a small business looking to save costs or a large organisation seeking strategic sourcing solutions, partnering with a procurement specialist can be a wise and beneficial move.
Testimonials
I worked with Anton and Gain Enterprises (Gain) over the last 6 years whilst I was CTO at A2B Australia. We engaged their contract management, procurement services, and advisory services.
Prior to us commencing with Gain, A2B telecom services were very complex, using legacy technologies and were expensive.
We undertook a procurement engagement with Gain. As an important part of the procurement engagement, Gain undertook a strategy engagement that encompassed both a future state and captured our requirements to ensure that we planned for both our current and future telecom business needs. Through this process we not only saved significant costs but also ensured that we had well designed network that met both our current and future needs. In addition, we ensured that our contractual terms and conditions and support were more favourable to us.
We had a very good experience with Gain and found their industry knowledge, experience and well proven processes very beneficial.