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Procurement

World-class procurement organizations can reduce a company's purchasing cost base by an average of 8%–12% and deliver additional annual savings of 2%–3%. Bain works closely with your team to identify and realize savings across all spend categories and procurement levers. Along the journey, we build your organizational capabilities to sustain procurement gains over the long term.

Why Bain

Why Bain

We have collaborated with companies on more than 1,000 procurement projects across a broad range of industries.
Bain’s Buy Better + Spend Better^® approach uses proprietary spend and savings benchmarks, category expertise spend drivers, and robust analytics.
Bain provides training, tools/systems and category playbooks to ensure success long after Bain's engagement has ended.

What to Expect

What to Expect

Spend cube

A clear, complete picture of companywide procurement spend.

Savings diagnostic

Savings initiatives across all categories and a view of the capabilities required to achieve full potential.

Savings delivery

Full potential savings opportunities realized from all direct and indirect categories using all procurement levers.

Results sustainability

The right organizational structure, operational model and talent capabilities make results stick.

Our Team

Klaus Neuhaus Partner Dusseldorf

Borja Tramazaygues Partner Madrid

Gerry Mattios Expert Vice President Singapore

Hernan Saenz Partner Dallas

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Insights

Buy Better + Spend Better®

The Procurement Imperative in China

Amid economic headwinds, companies operating in China need to build a more flexible supply chain and an empowered procurement function.

Buy Better + Spend Better®

Why Procurement Savings Get Lost in Translation

Create a "closed-loop" system so that business unit leaders don't eat up all the savings before corporate leaders can decide what to do with the gains.

Buy Better + Spend Better®

Digital Procurement: The Benefits Go Far Beyond Efficiency

The economic and strategic benefits of digitizing procurement are real, but the proliferation of competing technologies has made it difficult for companies to figure out where to start.

Bain Supply Chain Edge®

How to Avoid Spiraling Distribution Costs

A small, well-designed network can be more efficient than larger ones.

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Related Offerings

Bain Accelerated Transformation

Bain Accelerated Transformation delivers the urgent cost, cash, capital and revenue benefits you need while simultaneously building the muscles and owner mindset that will power your long-term, sustainable growth.

Bain Supply Chain Edge®

Adapt to dynamic environments and go beyond a near-term roadmap to build long-term capabilities that will sustain your competitive advantage.

Business Process Redesign

Business Process Redesign

Typically, our work generates cost savings of 20 percent to 30 percent of the addressable cost base, but its real advantages are reduced cycle times and increased quality and customer satisfaction.

Bain Zero-based Budgeting

Bain Zero-based Budgeting

Restore your company's ownership culture and ensure that every dollar is working in service of your strategy.

Service Design & Operations

Service Design & Operations

Combine creative design capabilities with an analytical approach to understand employee behavior and customer experiences to positively impact the top and bottom line.

Bain Lean Six Sigma

Bain Lean Six Sigma

Focus on the highest value activities, overcome obstacles, organize efficiently, and bank wins early and often.

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