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Stage 02 · Build & Embed

A CPO who starts now. The search can come later, if you still need it.

Senior-led procurement leadership from practitioners who have built the function from the ground up, backed by an AI engine that does the analytical work of a small team.

Two ways to fill the seat

The real choice is between two quarters of captured savings and two quarters lost to a search.

A permanent CPO is the right long-term answer for many companies, and we will tell you when it is. But a search is a half-year project before anyone touches the spend: write the brief, run the shortlist, interview, negotiate, serve a notice period. A fractional CPO sets direction on the diagnosed categories now, surfaces the risks, and steers your team through the first sourcing waves while you decide, at your own pace, whether the company needs a permanent hire at all. You get senior direction either way; the difference is when the work begins.

A six-month permanent search
  • Months 1–6 spent on brief, shortlist, interviews, offer, and notice period
  • Spend base sits unworked the entire time the seat is empty
  • First sourcing wave begins only after the new hire ramps up
A fractional CPO who starts now
  • Senior direction in the seat within days, on the diagnosed categories
  • Risks surfaced and your team steered to capture the first waves, inside the window a search would still be open
  • You decide on a permanent hire later, with evidence and no pressure
Flagship

Interim / Fractional CPO

CPO-level direction, without the full-time hire.

  • DirectSet the direction, priorities, and category strategy
  • De-riskSurface the risks and the calls that need a senior head
  • UpliftCoach your team to run it, on the job

Engagement model: monthly retainer

Procurement Function Build

A complete function, built and handed to your team.

  • PeopleBuild capability, design the org, hire the team
  • ProcessSet policy and optimise processes
  • TechnologyScan the landscape and select systems

Engagement model: fixed-scope project

Source-to-contract (S2C) / Digital Adoption

S2C technology your team actually uses.

  • SelectShortlist and select platforms, vendor-neutral
  • ImplementOversee deployment with practitioners
  • AdoptDrive user adoption, not shelfware

Engagement model: scoped project

Strategic Sourcing & Savings Capture

Sourcing waves run through to captured savings.

  • PlanPlan waves across the diagnosed categories
  • ExecuteNegotiate with suppliers and execute contracts
  • CaptureTrack savings to the P&L

Engagement model: per wave or programme

Senior procurement ownership, faster to start than a permanent hire and delivered with a leaner cost base than a traditional consulting team.

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