Procurement Outsourcing

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Procurement Outsourcing

Whether it is outsourcing procurement and commercial activity to Barkers, or advice on how to get best value from your existing outsourcing service providers, we have decades of relevant experience to share.

Getting the workforce on board with new ways of working requires more than just encouragement. They must be engaged, trained, upskilled, and inspired.  As the individual grows and develops, so too does the business.

  • Programmes of learning with the objective of influencing strategic thinking
  • Comprehensive subject matter specific training programmes covering all aspects of procurement transformation, contract and supplier relationship management
  • Providing ongoing coaching and mentoring
  • Programmes of learning with the objective of influencing strategic thinking

Strategic interventions, with the goal of delivering growth and efficiency, must have employee buy-in for full potential to be realised.

Barkers are an accredited training provider of the Strength Deployment Inventory methodology, and have carried out many successful training programmes endorsed by our client references.

Procurement Outsourcing

Providing an end to end procurement process that provides senior procurement and commercial advisory and assurance services.

This service will work with the client to shape and deliver their procurement activities whilst acting as procurement subject matter experts.  Our tools and methods are based on what we have found works in the organisations we’ve led in our careers.

We keep the methods simple and easy to roll out whilst making the outputs stakeholder focused.  We integrate our tools and methods into your procedures to maximise value whilst embedding sustainable change.

Assisted Category Management

Barkers will support category managers in the delivery of their savings plan through:

  • Skills and behaviour development (assessment and coaching)
  • Practical category advice based on our experience and knowledge
  • Support for key workshops / stakeholder conversations
  • Support for key negotiations / approaches to market
  • Formal training courses to develop Category Management capability

Agency +

Barkers will provide interim resources from its network to the client.  These resources will complete behavioural and skills assessments before starting with the client and will have access to Barkers network of resources for knowledge sharing, peer review and best practice sharing whilst providing clients with transparency through our on-line reporting portal.

Resources will provide regular updates on what they have achieved, and work in collaboration with client to help fill vacancies with permanent staff.

Achieve your business ambitions with Barkers.

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