Procurement as a Collaborative Service (PACS)

PACS is our procurement consultancy services offering, utilising our core strategic sourcing solutions to solve your people, organisational and supply chain challenges. Our methodology adapts to your requirements to enable the approach to suit you, and we mobilise and engage with you and your business at pace. Whether you’re wanting to transform or step-change your function, build supply chain resilience, lead tender programmes, implement supplier collaboration solutions, deliver significant savings, or create your procurement and supply chain strategy, we can help you.

Collaboration sits at the heart of what we do and how we operate. This approach enables us to work with you to achieve business outcomes faster and at a lower cost.

We have the experience and flexibility to bring in the right expert at the right time, and at the right price. The right resource is as much to do with values and competencies, as it is to do with technical background.

Our procurement consultancy approach flexes to your business requirements and to your environment. We work with you in collaboration, getting to know you and your organisation quickly, and we deliver at pace. Our procurement consultancy services are competitively priced and our commitment is to develop long-term sustainable relationships in support of your priorities and success.

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Why use our specialist services?

By making use of our procurement consultancy services, you can develop a robust procurement strategy which sets out how your company aims to deliver a streamlined service. We take a holistic approach to procurement, allowing us to consider your firm’s overarching objectives in conjunction with its budget and timetable.

Every company will have their own specific procurement goals. The Procurement Hive works with you to develop these further whilst also allowing you to maintain efficient daily operations. An outside observer can notice room for improvement in the supply chain more easily, allowing your team to optimise its current strategy.

Our strategic sourcing solutions (Organisational Effectiveness | Savings & Value Opportunity | Technology Review & Solution Delivery | People Capability Assessment & Recruitment Service Delivery) run in parallel, allowing for seamless information sharing, strong governance, reporting and progress.

Our procurement services reflect the on-going top priorities of CPOs:

Delivering cost savings
Supplier & supply chain risk management
Developing team skills and talent
Contributing to margin growth
Driving operational efficiencies through procurement technology
Innovative relationships with stakeholders and suppliers

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Benchmarking

We would like to gain a comprehensive understanding of our current procurement capability, assessing both operational efficiency and strategic alignment. By benchmarking our practices, processes, and outcomes against recognised industry standards and best-in-class organisations, we aim to identify strengths, uncover areas for improvement, and implement targeted enhancements. This initiative will support our efforts to elevate procurement performance, optimise value delivery across the supply chain, and drive more consistent and impactful results.

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Transformation

We are committed to building and transforming our procurement capability to better meet the evolving needs of the business, though we recognise that identifying a clear starting point is challenging. Our goal is to establish a roadmap that aligns procurement with strategic priorities, enhances operational efficiency, and delivers measurable value. To begin this transformation journey, we must assess current capabilities, define future requirements, and explore industry best practices that can guide our development. This will enable us to create a more agile, data-driven, and value-focused procurement function, capable of supporting long-term organisational growth and resilience.

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Cost Reduction

Effective cost management is fundamental to our organisational success, and we recognise the urgency in strengthening our approach to savings delivery. To achieve this, we seek expert support in designing and executing a robust cost optimisation strategy that addresses both immediate opportunities and long-term efficiencies. This includes identifying high-impact areas for cost reduction, streamlining procurement processes, and improving supplier collaboration. Through targeted initiatives, advanced analytics, and continuous performance tracking, we aim to maximise the value we generate while maintaining quality and operational integrity. Ultimately, this approach will enable us to build a more resilient, cost-conscious procurement function that drives sustainable results and supports broader strategic objectives.

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Technology

We require expert guidance to develop a comprehensive digital technology strategy that effectively supports our evolving business requirements and positions us for sustained success in a complex and fast-moving market. This strategy should encompass a thorough assessment of our current digital maturity, clearly defined objectives aligned with corporate goals, and a practical roadmap for execution. In selecting the most appropriate solutions, we must navigate a crowded and often fragmented technology landscape, ensuring that any investment is scalable, secure, and tailored to our unique operational challenges. With the right support, we aim to build a future-ready digital infrastructure that drives innovation, enhances efficiency, and delivers measurable value across the organisation.

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IR35 & Our Procurement Consultancy Services

Most of our consultancy projects will fall outside of scope of IR35. When engaging with The Procurement Hive for your required consultancy support, you can expect the following:

Our contracts explicitly state the remit of our consultants via a Statement of Work.
We agree up front, key milestones with each client and these are reflected in our contracts. We then typically invoice based on completion of these milestones.
Our consultants use their own equipment, software, vehicles, etc. They are fully self-reliant and self-directing in the delivery of our assignments, working their own, varied hours, etc.
We always stress to any internal or external stakeholders that we are acting as consultants and not as employees of our client. Consultants are not contracted directly with our clients and do not receive employee benefits such as holiday pay, sick pay, or pension payments.
The Procurement Hive consultants often work with multiple clients at any one time, both through us and other channels. Our contracts allow for supply of suitable, substitute resources to enable continuity of our services.
The Procurement Hive consultants never fill a vacant permanent role within an organisation; our assignments are specific to a diverse number of complex challenges.
Our consultant contracts are on-going and do not have a fixed end date, and any project dates agreed with our clients are estimates.