Case Study Preview: Procurement Assessment

๐™๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‚๐™š๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ก ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ

We recently partnered with a geothermal power plant operator in the western U.S. to drive ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ on their $45M annual spend, helping alleviate their heavy debt load and position for a potential exit.

The challenge? Siloed operations, misclassification of expenditures, and a procurement organization in need of optimization.

Through a series of 20 interviews and ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ from multiple sources (ERP, 3rd-party spend tools, Amex), we developed a clearer picture of spend and ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ $๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿด๐—  ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ from $22.3M of addressable spend.

We also provided ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ to enhance procurement skills and processes, positioning the company for a stronger future.

Want to ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ in your organizationโ€™s procurement?

Contact Beckwayโ€™s Procurement Practice Lead, John Bradshaw, to discuss how we can help ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ.