Outsourcing: Your Procurement Team on Demand
Navigating the complexities of procurement can be challenging and costly. Our outsourcing services offer a flexible and cost-effective solution, providing you with a high-quality procurement function without the overheads. We work as an extension of your business, ensuring you have the expertise you need, when you need it.
A Flexible, Cost-Effective Solution
Since 2020, our outsourcing division has provided businesses with a flexible and low-cost operating model for sustainable procurement. We work as a fully embedded part of your business, seamlessly handling procurement activities to reduce your cost to serve and free up internal resources. Our "white glove" approach ensures you maintain full control while benefiting from our expertise.
What a Procurement Outsourcing Solution Delivers
Reduced Costs
We are >50% more cost effective than the Big 4, delivering the same high-quality expertise at a more realistic price point.
Expertise on Demand
Access a team of 95 active consultants and subject matter experts, whether you need support for a specific project or a fully managed service.
Enhanced Performance
Our deep commercial discipline ensures we not only manage your procurement but actively turn it into a profit enabler, delivering a clear return on your investment.
Our Advisory Services
Managed Service
If your business lacks the internal capability or resource to deliver tangible outcomes, our Managed Service offers the definitive solution.
Transformation
. Our Transformation service is designed to lead complex change programmes, ensuring your function is aligned with future objectives.
Resource Augmentation
When internal capacity falls short or a critical project demands specialist knowledge, you need an agile solution. Our Resource Augmentation service provides flexible access to our global team of commercial procurement experts.
Tender (RFx) Management
Our Tender (RFx) Management service provides end-to-end expertise to execute Requests for Information (RFI), Proposals (RFP), and Quotations (RFQ).
Strategic Sourcing
A successful tender process requires more than administrative management; it demands commercial precision, rigorous analysis, and expert negotiation.
Process Improvements
Our Process Improvements service is designed to re-engineer and streamline your Source-to-Pay (S2P) workflows, eliminating waste and enhancing efficiency.
Our proven process
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Data Collection & Analysis
We begin by examining all relevant spend and contract data to build a clear baseline of your current situation.
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Interview
We engage with key business buyers and stakeholders to understand your buying processes and requirements, filling in the crucial details that data alone cannot provide.
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Baseline & Opportunity Development
We benchmark your current state against industry best practice to identify tangible opportunities for savings and value creation.
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Validation & Recommendation
We validate our findings with your team and present a clear, prioritised delivery roadmap based on value versus ease of implementation.
Why Partner with 7 Step Solutions?
Deep Commercial Expertise
Our team of experts has decades of experience managing and optimising spend, with a mindset honed in the demanding world of private equity.
Global Reach, Boutique Focus
With offices in London, Boston, and Zurich, we offer international capabilities combined with a personal, relationship-driven service.
Guaranteed ROI
We are so confident in our ability to deliver results that we provide minimum ROI guarantees, ensuring you see a clear return on your investment.