The architect who stays

until it's built

For mid-market life sciences companies where procurement

dysfunction is costing more than anyone wants to admit.

PROCUREMENT ADVISORY • LIFE SCIENCES

or

Neal Falcone, founder of Peregrine Vantage, at his home workspace.
Neal Falcone, founder of Peregrine Vantage, at his home workspace.

Five minutes. Preliminary score.

No commitment. No pitch. Just a clear diagnosis.

7X

Procurement ROI

>80%

Cycle time reduction

3X

Savings Capture

$1B+

Managed Spend

Growth is accelerating. The business is adding headcount, expanding into new markets, signing larger contracts. And somewhere underneath all of it, procurement is struggling to keep pace.

Purchase orders backing up. Suppliers escalating. Finance asking why spend visibility is still a problem. The team working harder — and the gap widening anyway.

This isn't a people problem. It's a structural one. The procurement infrastructure that got you to $100M was never designed to scale to $300M+. Most companies don't discover that until the cost is already visible on the P&L.

THE REAL COST OF PROCUREMENT DYSFUNCTION

That's the problem Peregrine Vantage was built to solve.

Most procurement interventions fail for the same reason. They install tools, hire people, or run training programs without touching the underlying structure. The software doesn't perform. The hire inherits a broken system. The training doesn't stick.

Peregrine Vantage works differently. We design the architecture — the process model, governance framework, data foundation, and organizational structure — and stay embedded as your team builds on top of it. Four phases, sequenced deliberately, each one building on the last.

OUR APPROACH

Architecture first. Implementation second. Advisory throughout.

Phase 1

Identification &
Architectural Design

Diagnose the current state. Design the future state. Deliver a board-ready transformation blueprint.

Phase 2

Structural Stabilization & Scalability

Build the operational backbone. Establish control, visibility, and execution velocity

Phase 3

Economic Optimization

Capture systematic financial leverage. Savings become structural, predictable, and visible in EBITDA.

Phase 4

Embed procurement as a permanent margin lever. Ready for financing events, audits, and acquisitions.

Strategic Institutionalization

60 - 75 days

3 - 6 months

6 - 12 months

12 - 24 months

Timeline is cumulative. Most organizations complete the full transformation within 18–24 months.

WHY IT'S DIFFFERENT

Not a report. Not a hire. Not a software install.

THE ALTERNATIVES

The Big 4 engagement

Delivers a framework. Rarely stays to see it implemented. The report lands on a shelf. The structure doesn't change.

The new hire

Talented person, broken system. The structure they inherit determines what they can accomplish. Most can't fix what was broken before they arrived.

The software implementation

Builds on whatever process foundation already exists. If the foundation is wrong, the software makes it faster and more expensive to be wrong.

The training program

Develops skills the infrastructure can't support. Six months later, nothing has changed except the budget line.

THE PEREGRINE VANTAGE MODEL

Peregrine Vantage identifies the structural gap, designs the architecture that closes it, and stays embedded as your team builds on top of it.

We don't execute transactions, run negotiations, or manage supplier relationships. That's not a limitation — it's the model. Your team does the work. We make sure the infrastructure they're working inside is built to scale.

20+ years building procurement infrastructure inside life sciences organizations. The credentials moved with the work, not the other way around.

The architect who stays until it's built — and leaves behind the infrastructure to prove it.

RESULTS IN PRACTICE

What procurement infrastructure actually looks like when it works.

A mid-market life sciences company. Multiple sites, significant procurement dysfunction, a team absorbing more work than the infrastructure could support.

We designed the architecture, sequenced the implementation, and stayed embedded through execution.

Results were not theoretical. They showed up in operations within 18 months

4X

<1 day

18 mo

Workload capacity

Same team. Four times the throughput. No additional headcount.

Reduced cycle time (from 2+ weeks)

Time to measurable results

Structural outcomes, visible in operations — not a multi-year wait.

Average PO cycle time. A clear measure of procurement infrastructure performance.

The full case study covers the diagnostic findings, the architecture decisions, and the implementation sequence that produced these outcomes.

START THE COVERSATION

If the structure is the problem, that's exactly where we start.

The Vantage Diagnostic is a complimentary 60-minute session. You'll walk away with a scored assessment of your procurement infrastructure and a clear picture of where the gaps are.

or

No commitment. No pitch. Just a clear diagnosis.

Five minutes. Preliminary score.

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NAVIGATE

CONTACT

neal.falcone@peregrinevantage.com

Cary, North Carolina

Procurement advisory for life sciences