A procurement consultancy that only wins when you save.
Procurement consultancy services we deliver
Our procurement consultancy services span the full commercial lifecycle - from understanding what you spend to embedding the controls that keep savings in place.
- Spend analysis and category prioritisation
- Supplier negotiation services and contract renegotiation
- Strategic sourcing and competitive tendering
- Category management and supplier performance governance
- Procurement policy, approvals and controls
How our procurement consultancy differs
- Shared-savings commercials. A small contingent fee funds delivery; the majority is tied to realised savings.
- Implementation-led. We run the sourcing events, negotiate the contracts and manage transitions - not just recommend them.
- Senior only. Every engagement is led by category-experienced consultants, not a pyramid of juniors.
Who we work with
- UK mid-market businesses without a mature procurement function
- Private equity portfolio companies pre- or post-acquisition
- Manufacturing, industrial and consumer businesses
- Professional services and technology firms
Related
For an operations-side view see our procurement consulting page, or explore procurement transformation when the function itself needs rebuilding.
Frequently asked questions
What does a procurement consultancy actually do?
A procurement consultancy analyses how an organisation buys, benchmarks pricing and terms, runs sourcing events, renegotiates contracts and puts governance in place so savings hold. Caventis delivers all of it end-to-end and tracks realised savings against the P&L.
How is Caventis different from other procurement consultancy firms?
Most procurement consultancy firms charge day rates regardless of outcome. Caventis is a shared-savings procurement consultancy - a small contingent fee funds delivery and the majority of our fee is tied to realised savings you can see in the P&L.
Do you offer procurement consultancy services to UK mid-market and PE-backed businesses?
Yes. The bulk of our procurement consultancy services are delivered to UK mid-market, private equity portfolio companies and larger SMEs where senior category expertise is not economic to hire in-house.
How long does a procurement consultancy engagement take?
A Cost Review takes 1-2 weeks. Category sourcing and renegotiation waves run 8-16 weeks each. Governance and monitoring continue lightly to protect savings.
What is procurement consulting?
Procurement consulting is external advisory and delivery support that helps an organisation buy better - analysing spend, benchmarking pricing, running sourcing events, renegotiating contracts and putting the governance in place to make savings stick.
What does a procurement consultant do?
A procurement consultant analyses what you spend and with whom, identifies where you are over-paying or over-exposed, then leads the sourcing, negotiation and supplier transition work to release savings - usually alongside your finance and operations teams.
How do I pick a procurement consulting firm?
Look for senior category experience (not a pyramid of juniors), a track record of implementation (not just recommendations), commercials that share risk with you, and references from businesses of a similar size and sector. Avoid firms that quote a saving number before seeing your spend.
How does procurement consulting work in practice?
Most engagements start with a short diagnostic (1-2 weeks) to size the prize by category. From there, sourcing waves run in 8-16 week cycles - each with a benchmark, a tender or renegotiation, a supplier decision and a tracked saving. Governance is left behind so savings hold in the P&L.
Talk to a UK procurement consultancy that shares the risk.
Start with a Cost Review - 1-2 weeks, sized by category, no obligation.