Hospitality procurement, driving you forward.
About drive procurement
Your Outsourced Procurement Team
In an environment where small restaurant and hotel owners often don’t have the time or the resource to challenge the status quo, fight price rises and make welcome efficiencies, Drive Procurement becomes an extension of your business giving you the flexible benefit of a talented and effective purchasing department at your finger tips.
Drive Procurement offer a range of services on a short, medium or longer term basis, primarily to independent and small groups in the UK hospitality sector. We support clients who are looking to make savings and improve profitability without compromising on quality or the customer experience, through effective supply chain management.
Who is Drive Procurement?
Our founder, Simon Bardsley, is a seasoned expert in strategic sourcing and supply chain management. Simon specialises in identifying key savings opportunities and leveraging supply chain relationships to deliver significant value to our clients.
With a successful career in hospitality spanning 30 years, Simon was previously part of the management team for some market leading hotel groups. Responsible for managing costs of over £30 million.
Simon’s passion for hospitality fuels his innovative approach to procurement. Always eager to seek out new products to help clients evolve the guest experience, keep the proposition exciting and one step ahead.
Connect with Simon today and make an immediate and significant impact to your profitability.
What to expect
The Impact We Make
£’s Saved in 5 years
Through consolidation projects and contract renegotiations, we have saved in excess of £1million for our clients over the last five years.
Supplier Relationships
We manage relationships with over 150 suppliers so we can ensure our clients get the very best pricing, quality and service available.
Successful Negotiations
Through competitor benchmarking, challenging increases daily, consolidation & leveraging combined buying power.
Years of making the FD happy…
…and in our experience, you can’t put a price on that!
How we do it
Our Services
review
Commercial Appraisals
Drive Procurement can conduct an independent and open review of your current purchasing patterns and supply chain. This not only identifies potential areas for change, but creates a robust, tangible action plan with associated savings targets.
Consequently, this scope of work ensures valuable time and attention is targeted to areas where the biggest impact can be made and provides a clear strategy, process and set of goals.
Plan
Negotiation and product sourcing
Strong negotiation skills are at our heart, but we believe the best outcomes can be achieved through sincere and respectful dialogue. Using the most up-to-date market intelligence and innovative and mutually beneficial ways to find compromise.
Strong relationships with reputable, quality suppliers have been established over 20 years, enabling us to widely benchmark your costs and make effective recommendations.
Plan
Negotiation and product sourcing
Strong negotiation skills are at our heart, but we believe the best outcomes can be achieved through sincere and respectful dialogue. Using the most up-to-date market intelligence and innovative and mutually beneficial ways to find compromise.
Strong relationships with reputable, quality suppliers have been established over 20 years, enabling us to widely benchmark your costs and make effective recommendations.
Support
Conducting Tenders
With tried and tested techniques and processes for tendering your key spend categories, working with Drive Procurement will free you up to concentrate on other vital areas of the business.
Casting the net widely to ensure pricing in the category is thoroughly benchmarked bringing confidence that your business is benefitting from the best possible pricing in the current market place.
Also focusing on quality providers with convenient deliveries and proactive account management.
advise
Consultancy
We are passionate about ensuring your offering remains vibrant, exciting and interesting to your customers, which is why we focus so heavily on driving innovation and trends with a fit for your brand.
Our consultancy services are available on either an ongoing retainer basis or the flexibility of a quotation per project approach.
Drive Procurement is here to provide a targeted and effective resource as and when you need it.
advise
Consultancy
We are passionate about ensuring your offering remains vibrant, exciting and interesting to your customers, which is why we focus so heavily on driving innovation and trends with a fit for your brand.
Our consultancy services are available on either an ongoing retainer basis or the flexibility of a quotation per project approach.
Drive Procurement is here to provide a targeted and effective resource as and when you need it.
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