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Procurement consolidation - indirect spend

Cost Reduction / owner: Aisha Khan

Value lines

1.Identify
2.Assess
3.Plan
4.Execute
5.Realise
6.Closed

Overview

Rationalise the supplier base, renegotiate framework agreements and lock in repeatable procurement savings.

Start date: 15/01/2026
Target end: 30/11/2026
Progress: 62%
Sponsor: Aidan

Portfolio hierarchy

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Parent programme / project / initiative

Child initiatives

INIT-000005 - Cloud migration - Phase 1INIT-000006 - Support centre automationINIT-000007 - Billing system retirementINIT-000008 - Customer Data Platform rolloutINIT-000009 - Workforce rebalancing - OpsINIT-000010 - Supplier payment terms renegotiationINIT-000011 - Digital self-service portalINIT-000020 - Supply chain redesignINIT-000021 - Finance shared services

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Cost to deliver

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Status

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Gate progression

Current stage: Plan. Next: Execute.

Actions and next best actions

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Next best actions

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DetailDue date

Owner: Portfolio ManagerAt the next portfolio review

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Resources and capacity

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Benefits

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Benefit	Type	Target	Forecast	Actual	Confidence
BEN-000006 - Working capital release	One-off	5500000	5200000	4900000	high
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BEN-000005 - Supply chain resilience exposure reduction	Risk reduction	3900000	2100000	0	low
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BEN-000001 - Indirect spend run-rate savings	Cost reduction	6200000	5450000	900000	high
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Dependencies

Incoming and outgoing initiative links.

Direction	Source	Target	Relation
Incoming	INIT-000020 - Supply chain redesign	INIT-000004 - Procurement consolidation - indirect spend	blocks
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Outgoing	INIT-000004 - Procurement consolidation - indirect spend	INIT-000021 - Finance shared services	enables
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Risks

Risks linked to this initiative.

Risk	Probability	Impact	Score	Band	Controls
RISK-000005 Supplier negotiations could push savings from Q3 into Q4. Bundle categories with higher leverage and escalate decision rights.	3 - Possible	4 - Major	12	Medium
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Risk

Probability

Impact

Score

Band

Controls

RISK-000005

Supplier negotiations could push savings from Q3 into Q4.

Bundle categories with higher leverage and escalate decision rights.

3 - Possible

4 - Major

Medium

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RAG history

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Decision record

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Audit trail

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