SUCCESS STORY

£18M in savings

Equipping procurement for growth at a food technology platform

  • A four-year partnership enabled smarter spending, stronger capability and sustainable growth
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Outcomes

£18M Savings

Delivered over 4× the original  target

agile delivery

Integrated expertise from 4C Associates, EBIT and Anvil Analytical to accelerate results

strategic shift

Procurement repositioned as a value-driving business partner

scalable capability

Global team expanded to 20 + procurement professionals across four regions

sustainable growth

Anvil’s analytics platform extended visibility to sustainability and risk

BACKGROUND

Following rapid global expansion through acquisitions, this market-leading food technology platform faced rising third-party costs that were outpacing revenue. Procurement had been built for transactional buying and lacked the scale, visibility and expertise to support fast, controlled growth. 

To address this, a newly appointed procurement director engaged FourCentric to redesign the operating model and build a function capable of supporting global transformation.

 

the challenge

Procurement operated largely as a tactical buying function, with limited visibility into global spend and insufficient capability to influence strategic decisions. The business needed to transition to a category-led model that could identify cost-reduction opportunities, build long-term supplier relationships, and deliver sustainable value across technology, marketing, logistics, and professional services. At the same time, it required agile access to specialist resources to support rapid growth without expanding internal headcount.

SOLUTION

Through a four-year partnership spanning FourCentric’s “house of brands”, strategy, analytics and delivery were seamlessly integrated to transform procurement’s role and performance.
  • 4C designed the future operating model and embedded best practice across category management, supplier relationships, demand management and governance.
  • EBIT provided specialist resources, supporting delivery across technology, professional services, HR, marketing and logistics.
  • Anvil Analytical deployed its spend analytics platform, tripling the initial savings target and expanding reporting to include sustainability, risk and business value.

FC105

The visibility and insights provided lit up the opportunity assessment side of things, greatly boosting the value that we could deliver to the company and its stakeholders.

Procurement Director

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