Companies optimize procurement spend by stepping back and examining purchasing activity end to end, using historic data, current spend, and analysis. Instead of focusing solely on unit cost, this approach looks across categories, suppliers, and demand patterns to understand what truly drives total spend. Through category planning, supplier engagement, and data-enabled insights, companies uncover opportunities to simplify buying, reduce costs, and improve terms, and align sourcing decisions with business priorities. Alternative sourcing strategies or contract structures are analyzed before implementation to focus on the best approach.
The payoff is a procurement organization that is more strategic and responsive, typically delivering 10%+ sustainable savings along with stronger supplier relationships and improved inventory, which enhances cash flow.
SCT provides a range of services to help clients review and strengthen procurement operations, sourcing strategies, processes, and organizational models, including:
SCT Advisory delivers in-depth procurement assessments designed to reveal cost leakage, process gaps, and unrealized value across sourcing, category management, supplier performance, and procure-to-pay activities. Rather than limiting the review to spend visibility alone, we examine how policies, workflows, systems, and organizational roles work together—and where misalignment with business strategy or internal stakeholder needs is holding performance back.
Our methodology draws on hands-on procurement leadership experience, strong process discipline, and a practical understanding of procurement steps and tools. We evaluate procurement performance through multiple lenses, including value delivery, efficiency, responsiveness, and sustainability. By benchmarking against leading practices and working closely with your leadership team, we build a shared understanding of root causes and improvement opportunities. The outcome is a focused, prioritized roadmap of initiatives that deliver the greatest business impact, with clear visibility into execution effort, change requirements, and expected returns.
Our Procurement Sourcing Advisory provides an end-to-end framework for selecting, contracting, and managing suppliers across key spend categories. By combining robust spend analysis with market insight and procurement expertise, the service helps organizations define the right supplier portfolio, commercial models, and sourcing strategies—carefully balancing cost, performance, and risk to deliver long-term value.
Rather than treating sourcing as a periodic event, this approach establishes procurement as an ongoing, adaptive process. Through structured category strategies, competitive sourcing events, and scenario-based analysis, we evaluate alternatives such as single versus multi-source strategies, regional versus global suppliers, and contract options. Each option is evaluated against business priorities and prevailing market dynamics to ensure decisions remain aligned as conditions evolve.
Enabled by optimization techniques, spend analysis, and collaboration with internal and external partners, the advisory streamlines sourcing initiatives, improves visibility into trade-offs, and strengthens supplier relationships. Clients benefit from a more resilient and value-focused supply base—often achieving 10%+ procurement savings, improved supplier performance, and greater flexibility in the face of market volatility.
Service Components include:
- Spend Intelligence and Opportunity Assessment – Analyze current procurement spend, supplier concentration, and contract terms to identify savings and value-creation opportunities.
- Sourcing Strategy and Event Design – Define category-specific sourcing approaches, including supplier segmentation, competitive event structure, and negotiation strategy.
- Scenario Evaluation and Optimization – Compare award scenarios while balancing cost, risk, capacity, and service requirements.
- Supplier Selection and Contracting Support – Assist with supplier awards, commercial negotiations, and transition to contracted operations.
- Supplier Performance and Continuous Improvement – Establish governance, metrics, and review processes to track results and drive ongoing value throughout the contract lifecycle.
