ORGANIZATION

Mid-market life sciences · Multiple sites

SITUATION

Significant procurement dysfunction · No spend visibility Inefficient operations · Minimal savings · No supplier management

ENGAGEMENT

Phases 1–4 · Full transformation

A team working hard inside a structure that wasn't built to scale.

Purchase cycles running two weeks or longer. Spend invisible to finance. A procurement team absorbing more volume than the infrastructure could support — and no clear path to closing the gap without adding headcount.

We started with the diagnostic. Mapped the current state. Identified the structural friction points. Designed a future state operating model and implementation roadmap the CFO could take to the board.

Then we stayed. Through Phase 2 workflow redesign, Phase 3 sourcing rollout, and Phase 4 institutionalization. Every methodology tool built with the team, customized to their category landscape, left behind at exit.

4X

<1 day

18 mo

Workload capacity

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

Reduced cycle time from 2+ weeks

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

Time to measurable results

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

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Procurement advisory for life sciences