strategic procurement

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Optimizing Supply Chains by way of Strategic Procurement

You’ve cut costs to the bone. You’ve “leaned” operations to just short of the breaking point. Even so, your company may still be leaving millions of dollars on the table because of fragmented, inefficient supply chains.

Here’s the problem: When companies spend too much time pulling costs out of supply chain relationships on a case-by-case basis, they undermine critical supplier relationships and ultimately increase risk. 

Maine Pointe takes a different approach. We help our clients re-orient their supply chains to a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model so they can root out and address hidden costs.  We look at sustainability across the supply chain. We enhance supply chain visibility so clients can work collaboratively with their partners to create a more efficient, global supply chain network.

Questions to Ask

  • How well do you measure the value your procurement department delivers each month?
  • Are you able to align supply chain savings data to the P&L?
  • Is procurement a competitive advantage for your firm?
  • Is procurement a C-level position in your firm?
  • Do your procurement policies support your corporate and green/sustainability goals?

What We Do

The Maine Pointe team starts by developing a road map for improved internal alignment, contract effectiveness, and supplier relationship management. We’ll take a few short weeks to develop this plan before working with your people to:

  • Find savings in direct and indirect materials
  • Improve raw material sourcing
  • Build a stronger, more strategically focused purchasing organization/governance
  • Adjust supply base
  • Improve supplier relationships

We’ll recommend and help implement strategic procurement solutions that deliver maximum results. In fact, most clients see at least a 5:1 ROI.

Our Guarantee

We are so confident in our ability to deliver results that we provide a 2:1 guarantee based on annualized savings.

Read a Strategic Procurement case study to learn more and then complete the adjacent form for help with your strategic procurement.

In Our Client's Words

“We chose Maine Pointe because of their high level of personal attention and depth of experience and professionalism. The intangible results include strengthening our organization structure with a center led procurement system. We could never accomplish this type of culture change without the professional help of Maine Pointe."

Welch Goggins
President & CEO, Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.

Maine Pointe delivered nine training modules from Supplier Conditioning all the way through Implementing Supplier Agreements along with Improvement and Building Supplier Relationships. These modules will help us to monitor current and future market conditions, to maintain quality and consistency and improve the food costs through our restaurant system."

Paul Murphy
President & CEO, Del Taco Restaurants