RAISING PROCUREMENT CAPABILITIES AND PROFITABILITY
Practical Procurement That Significantly Impacts Profitability
PRACTICAL PROCUREMENT THAT IMPROVES PROFITABILITY
Senior, hands-on consulting with a focus on capability building and creating leading procurement teams that use simple, world class tools to improve profitability.
Selected projects:
- Manufacturing Turnaround: After five years of declining profits, improved profitability by 9% within 10 months.
- Merger: Integrated procurement functions across three companies, including organisational design, process standardization, data alignment and synergy capture (target setting, cost-out program, governance).
- Carve-out of manufacturing company within 3 months, enabling sale of company.
- Strategy and Process Review: to identify opportunities to eliminate waste and improve profitability
- Training in Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Negotiations, AI in Procurement and Supplier Relationship Management.
- Coaching of procurement leaders
- Other: structuring of cost out programs, supplier surveys, workshop facilitation, capability assessments.
"Keith is maybe the most professional procurement person I ever have worked with. This combined with huge people knowledge and solid approach towards people development makes him an super asset for any organisation needing procurement transformation, optimisation and serious cost out program planning and execution".
"He handles all people with respect and care, as well as he also challenges and motivates. Very inspiring to observe! I give Keith my very best recommendations".
"Keith is a skilled Procurement professional and Senior Leader who brings a tremendous amount of energy and compassion to his work. Employees at all levels of the organization are drawn to Keith; his passion is infectious and motivating"
Global experience leading international teams and delivering strategic, commercially critical programs that improve profitability. Proven track record in both large multinationals and small–medium sized businesses.
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Keith Forsyth, BA (Hons), MSc
25+ years leading procurement transformations, strategic projects and global procurement organisations.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithforsyth/
