Procurement and Contract Management

Optimising Procurement and Contract Management capability is a very effective way to improve business performance, both financially and operationally. At Bywater we can provide support to enable you to deliver a number of procurement related benefits including:

  • Reduction in the cost of externally sourced goods and services, either directly improving profitability or releasing funds for other priorities - economy
  • Improving the productivity of procurement related activities, thereby reducing overhead costs or increasing procurement functional output - efficiency
  • Improving the operational impact of external supplies through effective supply chain, quality and risk management - effectiveness

Our approach at Bywater focuses on optimising the entire procurement and contract management cycle in the context of each client’s business. Our consultants and trainers are all experienced practitioners, and MBA or MCIPS qualified, offering the necessary knowledge, support and facilitation skills to make procurement change really happen, We recognise that optimising procurement capability is about developing robust processes, often with the help of technology, and ensuring there are both organisational alignment and the appropriate people knowledge and skills to make them work.

Bywater has extensive experience of working with both private and public sector clients to enhance their procurement and contract management capability. The nature of procurement assignments we are engaged in with our clients include:

  • Corporate strategic procurement reviews
  • Procurement process improvement projects
  • Cost savings / value realisation projects
  • Customised process, knowledge and skills training programmes (including CIPS)
  • One-off "open" and "in-house" training events
Some of the organisations with whom we have delivered procurement assignments include:
BP Xerox Department for Work and Pensions Orange Job Centre Plus Birmingham City Council South West Water

If you would like to find out more about how we can help you optimise value from purchasing or improve performance of supply contracts please contact sales@bywatertraining.co.uk.

If you would like to see a list of the procurement and contract management courses we can offer please click here.