Far from looking back over 10 years of achievement, PfH has had its sights fixed firmly on the future over the last 12 months. Following our sector wide research about commercial procurement we have been working with you to develop the services that will enable social housing providers to deliver and evidence world class procurement.
This presentation shows PfH’s vision for the next 10 years.
Presented by: Steve Malone (Procurement For Housing) at PfH Live 2014
Typically in housing the procurement function deals with the overhead spend areas which represent low strategic importance and value.
What will Procurement’s role be in that future? Will Procurement get the current recognition that 61% of the respondents to the 2010 CPO survey state - ‘as a winner of delivering sustained value and strategic cost reductions’ - or will Procurement still be seen as a tactical, undervalued entity of the business?
despite the propensity to be impactful, purchasing organizations remain unable to realize or deliver the full value from their operations. This can be largely attributed to the inability to drive greater synergies through aggregation on a geographical level or across business units, the lack of
exploitation of cost savings and sourcing decision through low cost countries, poor leverage of supplier innovation, a burdened interface with business users, and the slow adaptation and exploration of a new business environment.
Move from either central or decentralised to a central led strategy – This is what industry is doing.
Inside housing – margin on top RP’s
“The Procurement organization measures the amount of new business ideas that they develop jointly with the business.” Head of Corporate Procurement Major Logistics Provider
Percentage of innovations driven by Procurement coming from the supply chain
• the contribution of Procurement in the sustainable objectives of the entire organization
• Involvement in initiatives; internal collaboration with the business or functions
• Total Cost of Ownership approach
• Or, as the Head of Corporate Procurement for a major Logistics Provider noted, his Procurement organization measures the amount of new business ideas that they develop jointly with the business.
Cost is important
but value is king!
Nissan & Sunderland concept of supply chain re-locating to the local area & driving up the skills, jobs and local economy in the area.