Operational efficiency
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING HELPS YOU REPOSITION YOUR PURCHASING FUNCTION AT THE HEART OF YOUR ORGANIZATION’S STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE.
Thanks to their expertise, our teams bring out the basis of the direct connection between the performance of the purchasing department and the competitiveness of your company.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING helps you reposition your purchasing function at the heart of your organization's strategic performance.
Thanks to their expertise, our teams bring out the basis of the direct connection between the performance of the purchasing department and the competitiveness of your company,
Our Expertise
Through our operational efficiency missions, we define your problems, your purposes and your expectations.
We act on several aspects:
- Improvement of your purchasing prices and your overall purchasing costs with short and medium terms impact,
- Constitution and restructuration of your supplier panel by purchasing family and by product,
- Definition of your purchasing process and procedures,
- Diagnosis and compliance audit of your purchasing function,
We guarantee to:
- Generate savings in the immediate future,
- Increase purchasing performance,
- Take control over your supplier panel,
- Better manage relationships with your suppliers,
- Improve your operational efficiency thanks to purchasing consulting solutions adapted to your structure.
Our Strengths
Our mastering of the Purchasing Business
The founders of ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING have more than 20 years of cumulative experience as multi-scope buyers, managers and Purchasing directors.
Throughout their years of experience, our teams have defined the procurement strategies of several global groups and managed investment and operating budgets of several millions of Euros, they have always achieved annual savings rates exceeding 20% on average.
Our multi-sector experience
Our experience through several global companies with different fields of activity, has allowed us to get in touch with a significant variety of purchasing procedures and corporate cultures.
This diversity of responsibilities and missions has also enabled ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING experts to master the cost structures and market operating of a wide purchasing families portfolio.
Our action plans will improve your competitiveness and systematically increase your operating income.
Our contact list
Our teams have been able to build and maintain a Data-base of more than 3500 national and international suppliers, our network considers all purchasing categories.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING makes you avoid supply chain intermediaries, our teams source manufacturers on a global level, we bring you closer to the source of your need.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING is impartial. Our teams do not promote or favor any bidder, we report the market data and fulfill our duty to advise, however, the final decision is yours.
We are an independent firm
We have chosen to remain independent. At ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING we build our own corporate identity instead of being associated to an already-existing entity.
We are not cost killers
It is necessary not to confuse cost efficiency and cost-killing, indeed, this practice is very controversial because it only deals with the issue of efficiency in a superficial way. Under the excuse of saving money, a cost-killer can hurt the financial health of suppliers and consequently impacts the market economy.
Far from Cost-Killing practices, at ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING we have communication, listening and adaptation skills that allow us to develop common strategies with better results in the long term.
At ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING, we are aware of our corporate social responsibility, our teams achieve your savings objectives while ensuring continuity of small and medium-sized businesses and by then, the sustainability of your panel and the ecosystems around it.
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
PURCHASING SCOPE
PRODUCTION
Raw Material
Production Consumables
Tools & Machinery
Production Equipement
MAINTENANCE
Spares
Maintenance Contract & Services
Maintenance Consumables
Tools & Industrial Furniture
LOGISTICS
Handling Equipements (Rental & Acquisition)
Shelving & Warehouse Equipements
Packaging
Merchandise Transportation
Customs & Transit Services
Storage, Sorting & Scheduling Services
HR & HSE
Interim & Temporary Personnel
PPE & Working Clothes
Consulting Services
Waste Management
Personnel Transportation
Catering Services
General Services
Security & Surveillance Services
Office & Industrial Cleaning Services
Tele surveillance & Special Security Service
Mobility & Fleet Management
Office Furniture
Travel Services
Mailing Services
IT & TELECOM
Mobiles Fleet
IT Material & Consumables
Network & Data Storage
Printing & Reprography
Our Services
Optimization of your purchasing prices and costs
The purpose of any purchasing business is to improve the profitability and competitiveness of the company.
Our mission within your organization is to enable you to identify optimization opportunities. Our teams track over-costs, over-quality and waste.
Our consultants categorize your purchases via ABC Method, the basis being the commonly accepted idea that approximately 20% of cost centers represent 80% of purchasing turnover. Our experts set up optimization action plans to tackle the most relevant cost centers first.
Each product purchased is then subjected to a need analysis through the observation of its technical characteristics, its consumption rate and its life cycle.
The objective of this analysis is to be able to suggest cost optimization scenarios. Indeed, our consultants assist you until the realization of these optimizations.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING consultants provide you with their expertise and know-how while respecting the sovereignty of your organization.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING guarantees to your team a continuous monitoring and involvement by constant reporting.
Supplier Relationship Management
At ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING we are aware of the impact that the supplier panel can have on the performance of your purchasing function. A good supplier panel is the optimal combination of capable and competitive suppliers.
By involving us in the management of your supplier panel, we commit ourselves to follow the evolution of your internal requirements as well as the evolution of the markets. Through the management of your supplier panel, ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING ensures your suppliers’ progress.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING frames your relationships with your suppliers by defining clearly the rights and the responsibilities of each party. Impartial, we also provide mediation in case of conflicts.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING provides you with a range of operational tools to evaluate and manage your suppliers’ performance.
Audit of the purchasing function
After immersion in your organization, ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING teams analyze your bidding process, your contracts and your orders.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING establishes a diagnosis in order to highlight any inconsistencies, conflicts of interest and compliance problems. Our consultants formulate the purchasing audit report.
Our audit of the purchasing function can be permanent under an annual service contract or as a spot mission.
ARION PARTNERS & CONSULTING conducts these audits in a rigorous manner and in accordance with the rules of the function, our objective is to ensure the regularity, compliance and relevance of the Purchasing/Supplier cycle.
Implementation of the Purchasing Process
The purchasing cycle is one of the most important cycles in a company. It is clear that the level of control over purchasing can significantly impact the company’s profit.
However, the optimization of costs requires the existence of procedures that describe the purchasing process.
ARION Partners & Consulting experts are able to set up the procedures’ manual according and align with your management standards, your internal control requirements and your operational constraints.
Thanks to its team of specialists, ARION Partners & Consulting enables you to improve your purchasing process by making it more efficient, complete and sealed.
