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Global Sourcing
Strategies to Achieve Long-Term Success
Brandon Spear
Senior Vice President - Operations
bspear@quadrem.com
Global Sourcing
A Fundamental Strategic Objective
2. Establish Global
Sourcing Steering
Committee (include
business unit
executives)
1. Recognize the
need for global
sourcing and LCC
opportunities
4. Identify opportunities to
leverage and standardize
on a global sourcing
process
5. Prioritize
opportunities
(typically by
commodity and/or
process)
8. Establish aligned
approaches and processes
Procurement systems
Metrics
Teams
9. Execute
sourcing
strategies as
appropriate
3. Understand
requirements and
strategies of the
business units
10. Measure
Performance
7. Achieve
consensus and
communicate global
sourcing strategies
Emerging Markets
Multi Country Approach
Emerging Markets
Multi Country Approach
Hungary, 10%
Poland, 12%
India, 14%
Czech Rep, 14%
China, 23%
USA
China, 19%
EU
Accenture Survey 2004
Financial Benefits
Increasing Procurement Spend in LCC
Leading Companies expect to double the spend volume in LCC over the
next 3 years, from 14% to 28%
Increase in overall savings expected to be ~10%
Benefits
Downside
How?
Category management
Develop supplier market strategies
Inventory management
Procurement and Sourcing training
Risk Mitigation
Summary
Questions
THANK-YOU
Brandon Spear
Senior Vice President - Operations
bspear@quadrem.com