A manufacturing business is experiencing declining delivery performance, growing backlogs and increasing pressure from customers. Planning processes have become reactive, and responsibilities across Sales, Production and Supply Chain are unclear.
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A company is under pressure to improve margins while simultaneously dealing with supplier performance issues, increasing input costs and limited transparency across the supplier base.
Procurement has historically operated primarily as a transactional or decentralised function. Management wants to create a more structured and commercially focused Procurement organisation with stronger category management, supplier governance and visibility of spend.
A manufacturing company suddenly loses its Head of Procurement at a time when several important sourcing initiatives and supplier negotiations are underway. The organisation cannot afford a prolonged leadership gap while searching for a permanent replacement.
Companies have spent much of the past decade trying to become more agile.