How we work
A clear path from first call to lasting margin
Every engagement follows the same four steps, so you always know what happens next — and every price is fixed, so you can budget and approve quickly.
The four-step engagement
Discovery call
Free, 30 minutes. We learn about your brand, your suppliers and your next growth milestone — and you get an honest view of whether we can help.
Health Check
Two weeks. We review your spend, suppliers and risks, and hand you a prioritised action plan with your top 5 savings and risk actions.
Delivery
We run the project you choose, side by side with your team — negotiating, auditing and fixing rather than just advising.
Ongoing partnership
Optional. As your fractional Head of Procurement, we keep margin, supply and sustainability on track as you grow.
Your first 90 days
Results inside 90 days, in three phases — by day 90 you have a supply chain you can explain to your board, investors and retail buyers.
Phase one
Health Check underway — spend, suppliers and risks mapped
Phase two
Action plan agreed — checkpoint one
Phase three
Improvements signed off — checkpoint two
How we measure success
We agree the measures with you at the start and report on them every month. No vanity metrics — only numbers you can take to your board, your investors and your retail buyers.
- Gross margin
- Points of margin gained, and verified savings in pounds.
- Supply reliability
- On-time, in-full delivery to your customers, and stockouts avoided.
- Supply risk
- Share of critical inputs with a qualified second source.
- Speed to market
- Time from new product brief to supplier samples.
- Sustainability readiness
- Retailer ESG questionnaires passed and supplier data coverage.
Fixed scope. Fixed price. Measured results.