Challenge
- No transparency about purchasing’s performance in a competitive comparison (strengths / weaknesses)
- Need of development within procurement and support to company’s global purchasing “Route 2030”
Service
- Analysis of status quo based on the data supplied
- Conducting and evaluating 20 interviews (with a total of 16 buyers and 11 stakeholders)
- Development of strengths and weaknesses profile along 12 dimensions
- Determination of the maturity level by comparison with benchmarks and best practices per dimension
- Implementation of target workshops with core team
- Derivation and prioritization of measures per dimension
- Presentation of results
Key data
- Duration: 4 months
- Scope of brief: 60 FTE
- Sector: Industry
- Company Size: 5,000+ employees
Results
- Transparency of
strengths and weaknesses - Maturity level analysis along 12 dimensions: strategy & goals, organization, purchasing tasks, category management, supplier management, operational purchasing processes, tactical & strategic purchasing processes, digitization, controlling, personnel management, methods & standards, change management
- Analysis of purchasing performance
- Classification of performance through best-practice-comparison
- Common mission statement (target image) per dimension
- Purchasing measures catalogue 2022
Summary
- New perspective on purchasing through external assessment of performance and comparison with best practices
- Multi-layer evaluation through data analysis and interviews with buyers and stakeholders
- High acceptance of the results due to active participation
