As the economic outlook continues to be challenging, procurement teams in membership, charity and social enterprise organisations are increasingly asked to ‘do more with less’. Combine this with the ever-changing regulatory landscape and increasing costs coming from suppliers, and you have a set of procurement professionals that are under more pressure than ever before.
eXceeding offers invaluable support to membership and charity-based procurement teams, providing expertise, knowledge and additional capacity to bolster internal resources and provide real value for money.
Girlguiding identified that resource availability would impact upon our ability to effectively deliver, at pace, two concurrent complex and critical IT procurement projects. Based upon recommendation, and following a competitive supplier review, we selected eXceeding to partner with us to define, manage and deliver the professional services necessary to meet the Girlguiding requirements. Working with eXceeding was an outstanding collaborative experience, although eXceeding assumed complete responsibility for the procurement workstreams, we were always clearly and continuously informed of progress, with the team ensuring that the strategic and tactical requirements of Girlguiding remained central to the project. We would not hesitate in using the services of eXceeding again, they delivered what they promised, on time and in a highly cost-effective manner.
eXceeding reviewed our procurement policies and helped us to better understand our spend. Their consultant took the time to understand our needs, in terms of compliance and internal processes, before making recommendations which ultimately resulted in cost savings and a more efficient – and consistent – way of working with our suppliers. Thanks to eXceeding we now have the tools in place to monitor spend and performance across our supply chain.
We have worked with eXceeding on a number of IT and facilities management procurement exercises. eXceeding ran the selection and due diligence processes for ICAEW, which assessed various delivery and commercial models. Working with eXceeding ensures that key services are sourced in a structured, cost effective, timely and demonstrably fair way. Engaging eXceeding allowed us to concentrate on our core day-to-day responsibilities. We always find eXceeding’s consultants professional and extremely responsive to our needs.
Membership organisations, charities and social enterprises have a common aim: to ensure their members, donors or recipients receive the best value for every pound spent whilst aiming to achieve their mission. For procurement teams, this brings a key focus on cost optimisation, transparency, compliancy and efficient resource management.
From new building projects to essential day-to-day professional services and works, projects can range from low value to multi-million-pounds. For many organisations in these sectors, delivering this pipeline can be challenging to manage, especially when you are looking for the most efficient route to market. Many procurement teams are under-resourced and have limited experience – especially when projects are major, ‘once in a career’ projects.
We have a wealth of experience helping membership and charity organisations to procure what they need, with long-term value and minimal reputational risk.
By collaborating with eXceeding, clients benefit from unparalleled confidentiality standards. With triple ISO accreditation and Cyber Essentials certification, we ensure the utmost security and confidentiality of your data and information.
Furthermore, you gain access to our best practice toolsets, a dedicated delivery team, and extensive category knowledge, all backed by pre-qualification and approval, providing peace of mind and simplifying the procurement journey.
If you would like to speak to us about how we can support your procurement needs, please drop us an email or give us a call on 0330 088 1620.
At eXceeding, we’re here to help membership and charity clients do things better: to save time, resources, provide value for money, and deliver better results. Having worked extensively with a number of organisations in these sectors, we have seen the challenges and frustrations experienced by procurement and category professionals and helped to solve them.
Take, for example, our work with the National Education Union (NEU) where we helped to transform their procurement and ensure best value. Through this project alone, we have helped to save them hundreds of thousands of pounds, which will be put back into the fantastic work the Union does for its members.
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