Expertise

Our expertise in core indirect categories ensures we bring you useful insight, relevant benchmarks & opportunities to deliver direct category savings to your business.

Our team have years of experience and only work on categories we believe we have the skills and knowledge to deliver significant results.

Our expertise is not only broad but in-depth.

Our category expertise includes

Facilities management

If you run a central office, warehouse or business premises you will have many fixed costs which you can’t avoid. Spend in areas such as lighting, air con, fire systems, security, waste management & cleaning all form part of your health & safety due diligence. Most of these services are simply outsourced. We look at your FM suppliers holistically ensuring your services are provided by fewer suppliers & managed services, so you can focus on running your business. 

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Cleaning services
  • FM outsource
  • Pest control
  • Repair & maintenance services
  • Waste
  • Recycling
  • Stationery
  • Office supplies

Finance

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Merchant acquiring
  • Payment gateway
  • Payment terminals
  • Cash collections

HR

Your HR function relies heavily on outside resource to deliver your human resource needs for your business. Often without procurement lead sourcing and negotiation. We support your teams with expertise in Payroll management, recruitment, agency labour & outsourcing.

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Company car & fuel cards
  • Temporary labour & agency staff
  • Recruitment
  • Payrol outsourcing

IT

IT isn’t simply about software development and systems infrastructure. Your business also uses outside suppliers to deliver software, hardware, copiers & telecomm’s to name a few. These are competitive sectors with many organisations using wholesaler providers to deliver supply solutions. We work with your IT team to understand your requirements & costs, ensuring you have market leading rates with suppliers that deliver the solutions you need. 

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Copiers & printing services
  • EPOS systems
  • Software & licensing
  • Telecommunications
  • Payment terminals

Logistics

Logistics & distribution is a key area for most businesses. We spend time understanding your total supply chain cost to drive effective improvements and ensure your logistics suppliers are fit for purpose, deliver efficiency and competitive market rates. From 3PL’s, warehousing, RH&D, transport & pallet delivery, we can support your team to drive cost down and create alternative simplified supply chain models. 

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • 3PL providers
  • Vehicle purchase & leasing
  • MHE
  • Courier services
  • B2B transport & consolidation
  • Freight forwarding international
  • Freight management
  • Packaging / bags

Marketing

Investment in marketing will be driving your sales & customer engagement, yet at significant cost to your overall margin. Often marketing budgets drive total spend with less focus on rate paid for agency services. We bring a procurement approach to understand your inbound service costs, reducing rates, allowing you to further invest in your brand and sales. 

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Store concept design services
  • Media / advertising
  • Brand and PR
  • Direct marketing & mail services
  • Print management
  • Point of sale
  • Instore music & media services
  • Market research
  • Photography services
  • CRM services
  • Print services & paper procurement

E-commerce

Ecommerce is increasingly becoming a core investment for all businesses selling to consumers, whether on the high street or through online sales. Now a diverse category, with a growing overlap of agencies & providers. We specialise in delivering solutions that add value & make commercial sense. An increasingly competitive market where software and systems should be reducing the cost of your customer engagement.

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Data management services
  • Creative services
  • Online marketing
  • Digital media
  • Email distribution services
  • Affiliates

Packaging

Packaging & the environment are very much in consumer’s minds as businesses strive to reduce waste & manage cost. Your supply chain uses packaging for products, outer cases, ecommerce consumer delivery and more. As online sales increase throughout the retail/wholesale sectors packaging volumes are increasing as retail space contracts. We specialise in product engineering & work with an extensive range of suppliers to deliver effective packaging solutions.

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Retail
  • Product
  • Warehouse / transit
  • E-commerce

Property & maintenance

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Main contractor
  • Property professional services
  • HVAC systems
  • Interior fit out
  • Fire alarms & emergency lighting
  • Signage
  • Flooring
  • Repair & maintenance
  • Travel management companies

Utilities

Since the reregulation of the water market in 2017, consolidating your water providers has become as important as gas & electricity. Managing your national supply to all your sites, we can support to ensure you receive reduced rates & a simplified invoice & supply chain model for all three spend areas. 

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • Electricity
  • Gas
  • Water

Security, loss & prevention

Our services cover but are not limited to:

  • CCTV
  • Intruder alarms
  • Security & guarding

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