Sustainable Procurement
for SMEs
Tailored SME Solutions
Expertise I help SMEs with:
Setting up the Procurement Framework.
Recruiting, onboarding and training team members.
Analysing spend, prices, supplier contracts and commercials.
Crafting a powerful procurement strategy to underpin front-end growth.
Creating insightful and clear category strategies for key spend areas.
Selecting suitable procurement software & supporting implementination.
Delivering cost savings and working capital improvements.
Designing and implementing easy to use processes.
Assessing risks and securing supply.
Optimising end-to-end supply chains.
Selecting, assessing and managing suppliers.
Planning and delivering sourcing and supplier visits.
Conducting ESG materiality assessments and delivering initiatives.
Your Situation
You’ve created a fantastic product and designed an eye-catching brand. Sales are booming and your innovation pipeline is strong.
From the outside everything looks great. But, behind the scenes your supply chains are creaking.
Several suppliers have dropped the ball. Quality scares are becoming uncomfortable. And deep down, you’re not convinced you’re buying as well as you could be. You know a single issue could hit your P&L hard.
The reason? There’s a growing gap between the front end of your business and the operational engine that’s supposed to power it - something I see time and again with ambitious, fast-growing SMEs. The good news is it’s entirely fixable.
Work with me and we’ll:
- Build resilience into your supply chains
- Select and nurture high quality suppliers
- Create a Procurement Team firing on all cylinders
- Unlock margin and working capital you didn’t even realise was there
The result?
A backend engine that’s as strong as your brand
A supply chain that fuels growth instead of holding it back
And the confidence that your commercial success is built on solid foundations
Growth is exciting. Let’s make sure it’s sustainable
Let's chat
Tailored SME Solutions
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Setting up the Procurement Framework.
Frame
Recruiting, onboarding and training team members.
ROTTM Process
Analysing spend, prices, supplier contracts and commercials.
Analysis
Crafting a powerful procurement strategy to underpin front-end growth.
Strategy
Creating insightful and clear category strategies for key spend areas.
Category Strategy
Selecting suitable procurement software & supporting implementination.
Software & Support
Delivering cost savings and working capital improvements.
Improvements
Designing and implementing easy to use processes.
Processes
Assessing risks and securing supply.
Risks & Securing
Optimising end-to-end supply chains.
Optimising
Selecting, assessing and managing suppliers.
Suppliers Process
Planning and delivering sourcing and supplier visits.
PDSS Process
Conducting ESG materiality assessments and delivering initiatives.
Initiatives
"Simon transformed our knowledge of the markets, suppliers and value chains and showed us the approach for top class procurment"
Mari Haughey, Supply Chain Director | Pip & Nut
Tailored SME Solutions
Expertise I help SMEs with:
Setting up the Procurement Framework.
Recruiting, onboarding and training team members.
Analysing spend, prices, supplier contracts and commercials.
Crafting a powerful procurement strategy to underpin front-end growth.
Creating insightful and clear category strategies for key spend areas.
Selecting suitable procurement software & supporting implementination.
Delivering cost savings and working capital improvements.
Designing and implementing easy to use processes.
Assessing risks and securing supply.
Optimising end-to-end supply chains.
Selecting, assessing and managing suppliers.
Planning and delivering sourcing and supplier visits.
Conducting ESG materiality assessments and delivering initiatives.
Tailored Solutions for SMEs
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Setting up the Procurement Framework
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Recruiting, onboarding and training team members
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Analysing spend, prices, supplier contracts and commercials
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Crafting a powerful procurement strategy to underpin front-end growth
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Creating insightful and clear category strategies for key spend areas
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Selecting suitable procurement software & supporting implementination
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Delivering cost savings and working capital improvements
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Designing and implementing easy to use processes
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Assessing risks and securing supply
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Optimising end-to-end supply chains
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Selecting, assessing and managing suppliers
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Planning and delivering sourcing and supplier visits
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Conducting ESG materiality assessments and delivering initiatives
"Simon is a highly engaging, extremely professional, structured and technically very competent procurement professional who has added immensely to our business"
Grant Coetzee, COO | Free Soul
Scaling your Procurement Team
Whether you're setting up your procurement team from scratch or have an under-developed procurement team you're looking to ramp-up, download my tried and tested check-list to help guide you:
Ready to get started?
If you need help creating or step-changing your procurement team, it's highly likely I can crack this for you, like I've done for HUEL, MOJU, Holy Moly, Pip&Nut...
Get in contact and we'll make a plan together: