Training - Contract Management
Let’s be frank – contract management isn’t the most exciting aspect of procurement. After all, who likes paperwork and minutia? Most people don’t. For those in the earlier stage of their career understanding legal jargon can be daunting and negotiating the contract with the supplier, harder still. More experienced professionals might not have even been taught this core skill properly and, with a desire to focus on more exciting activities, try to steer clear of contracts whenever possible.
Robust contracts are a key tool to manage your suppliers and minimise risk. So, like them or loathe them, you need to be good at them. Following some simple steps and with a bit of practice, I’ll show you that contract management isn’t nearly as arduous as you might think.
If you’re a Head of Procurement or Procurement Director you might have different needs. Perhaps you’re unhappy with the low level of spend under contract, the poor accessibility of contracts or that the full contract value isn’t derived. As a Procurement Director I’ve had this challenge myself and have some god ideas of how to help you.
Training - Contract Management
Let’s be frank – contract management isn’t the most exciting aspect of procurement. After all, who likes paperwork and minutia? Most people don’t. For those in the earlier stage of their career understanding legal jargon can be daunting and negotiating the contract with the supplier, harder still. More experienced professionals might not have even been taught this core skill properly and, with a desire to focus on more exciting activities, try to steer clear of contracts whenever possible.
Robust contracts are a key tool to manage your suppliers and minimise risk. So, like them or loathe them, you need to be good at them. Following some simple steps and with a bit of practice, I’ll show you that contract management isn’t nearly as arduous as you might think.
If you’re a Head of Procurement or Procurement Director you might have different needs. Perhaps you’re unhappy with the low level of spend under contract, the poor accessibility of contracts or that the full contract value isn’t derived. As a Procurement Director I’ve had this challenge myself and have some god ideas of how to help you.
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Partners
I complement my service offer with a couple of selected partners to deliver additional benefits and value for our clients:
Data Insights
Mintec (www.mintecanalytics.com) is the leading global provider of price data for food ingredients and materials used in consumer packaged goods. Through their cutting-edge SaaS platform, Mintec Analytics delivers market prices and analysis for more than 14,000 food ingredients and associated materials. Their price data and procurement tools empower customers to understand supplier prices better, analyse their spend and negotiate with greater confidence. From their cost-modelling tools to price change reports, bespoke dashboards to custom alerts, Mintec’s platform is designed to save time, reduce human error and drive more actionable and efficient outcomes.
I first used Mintec when I became a buyer at Mars in 2002. The benefits of the system were immediately apparent, and I’ve been an avid user of the system ever since. There’s nothing like it in terms of being able to access such a wealth of useful data efficiently to deliver valuable insights.
Procurement Talent & Resourcing
Procurement Heads (www.procurementheads.com) is a market leading recruitment agency specializing in the sourcing and placement of senior procurement professionals.
Procurement Heads shine head and shoulders above their competition – they don’t just fill roles with the very best talent, giving their candidates an excellent experience; they go so far above and beyond. They generate critical debate and thought leadership about how procurement can transition to the future and be a driving force at the core of every business. Procurement Heads has been my go-to for top procurement talent for the last 10 years and they should be yours to.
Technical Services
I met Atha Mandis when we started together at innocent drinks in 2006. With his incredible technical knowledge of produce, we toured the globe sourcing the finest fruit for innocent’s smoothies. Atha is one of the world’s leading agricultural engineers and agronomists. He runs his own technical advisory business (www.de-la-tierra.com) specialising across the supply chain from the growing and harvesting of primary materials, through primary and secondary conversion to finished product on the shelf. He is a trained auditor and specialist in sustainability best practice.
We partner to combine Atha’s technical wizardry with my procurement skills to source the finest ingredients for our clients, delivered with the highest food safely.