Workshop Name: Procurement Transformation
Workshop Duration: 5 days (to be agreed)
Audience: Procurement, Medium - Large Businesses
Focus: Designing and delivering a data-led, future-state procurement function aligned to business strategy.
Purpose: To create a clear transformation roadmap that improves capability, performance, and value delivery.
Delivered by: Annette Rothwell, Andy Rothwell
Best-in-class procurement optimises the entire procurement lifecycle, from strategic sourcing and supplier relationships through to performance management, cost excellence, and risk management. This workshop supports organisations to align procurement with business needs, improve transparency and compliance, and create sustainable value across the supply chain.
The sessions are practical, data-led, and collaborative, ensuring outcomes are relevant, achievable, and owned by the business.
The workshop typically covers:
Aligning procurement strategy to business objectives
Strategic sourcing to deliver value and competitiveness
Creating transparency and ethical operations across the supply chain
Developing and embedding robust, standardised procurement processes
People development and capability building
Organisational and operating model design
Compliance and governance
Preparing for change and defining the future-state procurement function
Participants are guided through a structured transformation journey, which may include:
Introduction of internal and external performance metrics
Supplier performance management frameworks
Identification and development of commodity strategies
Supplier capacity modelling
Standard processes, procedures, and digitalisation strategy
Total acquisition and benchmark cost models
Vendor managed inventory opportunities
Supplier strategies and cost excellence initiatives
Technology roadmaps
Risk-sharing partnerships and partnership agreements
Identification of added value opportunities
This workshop is delivered on site at your business, enabling direct engagement with your teams, systems, data, and stakeholders. This approach ensures the outcomes are practical, relevant, and immediately applicable.
The Procurement Transformation Workshop is designed for procurement teams and stakeholders within medium to large organisations who are involved in, or impacted by, procurement strategy and performance. It is particularly suited to:
Heads of Procurement and Procurement Leaders
Category and Strategic Sourcing Managers
Procurement and Supply Chain Teams
Finance and Commercial Stakeholders
Operational leaders involved in supplier and cost management
The workshop works best when a cross-functional group is involved, ensuring alignment, shared ownership, and successful delivery of the transformation outcomes.
If you would like to explore how the Procurement Transformation Workshop could support your organisation, we would welcome the opportunity to talk. Please contact us for an informal discussion to understand your objectives, challenges, and priorities, and to discuss how the workshop can be tailored to deliver the greatest value for your business.