Services Overview
Global strategic procurement consulting
Our services
Ambitious procurement leaders recognise the opportunity of transforming procurement into an essential driver for economic and socially responsible value. Future Purchasing is your experienced partner for reaching strategic excellence while boosting financial performance. From operating model design to training or performing cost-out programs – with our deep expertise, we help you achieve this transformation.
How we work
To achieve excellence in strategic Procurement & Category Management, we design and implement performance improvement (transformation) programmes tailored to your ambitions.
We Diagnose
We leverage our proven diagnostic toolkits to quickly identify your overall maturity and bring clarity to improvement opportunities across people, processes, and tools. We recommend a clear plan of action to extract the identified value and lift performance.
We Design
We design targeted improvement programmes based on our customisable process and skill (procurement) blueprints to address all identified opportunities. Our systematic, yet pragmatic approach keeps us focused on your ambitions.
We Implement
We partner with you to deliver the plan, lift your capabilities, and reach procurement excellence. We leverage our deep experience to identify interdependencies, anticipate bottlenecks, and deliver the programme efficiently.
Our core competencies
Strategic Alignment
Align procurement activities with broader business objectives to deliver measurable value through structured frameworks and governance models for business partnering.
Category Management
Provide a holistic toolkit for developing category strategies, using data-driven insights and deep stakeholder collaboration to unlock long-term value.
Supplier Management
Build collaborative supplier relationships that foster innovation and performance improvement, using structured SRM frameworks, segmentation models, and joint value creation initiatives.
Sourcing & Contracting
Deliver robust sourcing strategies and contracting processes that balance cost, risk, and innovation, supported by templates, guides, and decision gates to ensure consistency and compliance.
Procurement Negotiation
Maximise negotiation outcomes through a sound game plan, thorough alignment with category and supplier strategies, and choosing the right negotiation tools and tactics.
Risk Management
Build resilience into your procurement processes by proactively mitigating risks through structured risk assessments, performing scenario-analysis, and decisive mitigation management.
Why Future Purchasing?
With our unique blend of rapid diagnostics, customisable toolkits, and systemised training, we help you lift your capabilities and sustainably deliver exceptional value.
Deep subject matter experience
Everyone in Future Purchasing is an expert with a minimum of 15 years of procurement experience. This allows us to build rapport with procurement teams and stakeholders quickly and create confidence in our proposed solutions.
Customisable and proven blueprints
Through years of research and client engagements, we have developed strong blueprints for processes, frameworks, and capabilities. They are readily available and highly customisable to your unique situation, helping us to deliver value quickly without reinventing the wheel.
Focus on practical applicability
We combine best practice frameworks and tools with diagnostic insights and expert knowledge to create practical solutions that work in real life, not just on paper. Our focus on implementation and change management ties us to measurable performance improvements.
Toolkits
Over the past 20 years, we have developed a strong set of readily available diagnostics and toolkits to help you hit the ground running when trying to unlock procurement’s potential.
Maturity Assessment
Assess the maturity of your category management across the six operating model dimensions through a guided self-assessment and a facilitated expert workshop. The assessment provides you with actionable, prioritized opportunities and a clear pathway towards strategic excellence in Procurement.
TRACK8
Track 8 is a full suite of strategic procurement content. From category management and supplier relationship management to strategic alignment and negotiations, the digital Track 8 platform provides the strategic frameworks, tools, and templates that unlock strategic excellence.
COMPASS
Assess the capabilities of your procurement team with our holistic skill profiles across technical, behavioural, and digital competencies for various procurement roles. The assessment helps you identify skill gaps and design targeted learning and development plans for structured growth.
Our Services FAQs
What should we expect from a consulting engagement?
A good engagement includes: discovery and assessment (current state, pain points, opportunity), strategy and roadmap development (vision, strategy, phased roadmap), operating model design (across all six dimensions), process redesign (aligned to strategy), technology advisory (options, vendor selection, planning), change management (strategy, communications, training), implementation support (on-site help, coaching), capability building (skills development, knowledge transfer), benefit realization (tracking and reporting), and knowledge transfer (building your team’s ownership). Engagements typically run 12-24 months; costs range from £200K for assessment to £1-3M+ for full transformation. Good consulting brings external perspective and best practices while respecting your context and building internal ownership.
How do we choose a procurement consulting partner?
Evaluate procurement consulting partners on: Relevant experience (demonstrated work in your industry, company size, and challenges), Transformation Methodology (approach to operating model design, process redesign, change management, technology selection), Team Expertise (senior consultant backgrounds, not just junior analysts), Track Record (references and specific outcomes: cost savings, cycle time improvement, adoption rates, capability building), Change Management Capability (dedicated change expertise, not just process/technology focus), Technology Partnerships (vendor-neutral advice), Knowledge Transfer (building your team’s capability, not creating dependency), Communication & Collaboration (partnership approach, not just directive consulting), Timeline & Cost Realism (realistic proposals), Sustainability (lasting improvement beyond engagement). Best consulting partners bring external perspective, industry best practices, and specialized expertise while respecting your context and building internal ownership.
Make a strategic move
Ready to unlock procurement’s potential? Talk to us about how we can help you lift capabilities and help you reach strategic excellence.