The CPO of Weetabix, the UK’s largest breakfast cereal manufacturer and #1 selling brand, needed to upskill his team to be able to deliver on the board agreed procurement strategy.
Project Aim:
- Understand skill gaps across procurement
- Embed category management as a core procurement process
- Embed risk management and sustainability in CM process
- Develop an understanding of supplier costs
- Build confidence in presenting to and in challenging suppliers
- Improve stakeholder engagement
- Improve time to market
- Drive cost down
Outcome:
- Category Management defined and supported with relevant toolkit of templates
- “Should-cost” models built
- Supplier financial analysis understood and used
- Improved influencing skills for internal and external negotiation
- Provided ongoing personal development plans – maintain and grow skills
- Improved efficiency of new product development
- Extension of project scope into North America
ADR Services used:
- ADR DNA -Online skills assessment
- Competency framework developed and implemented
- Instructor-led workshops and online one-to-one coaching
