Common Customer Challenges

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Does our supplier and partner landscape match with our ambition?

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We need savings to invest faster, where do we prioritise, what can we achieve, how long will it take?

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We don’t have the detailed insights to tackle and realise optimal outcomes – we probably leave money on the table.

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We struggle to have a multi-year plan to target savings for the next three to five years.

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We probably squeezed the suppliers too hard at the time of contracting so it's coming back to bite us.

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We probably could manage our suppliers better – what did we contract versus what are we paying?

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Our legacy supplier contracts are probably not covering the risks of our evolved business and regulatory reality.

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Are our contracts scalable and flexible for the acquisitions or divestitures we probably have on the horizon?

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The market is so expensive… and despite paying we struggle to find and hold quality resource.

Our Approach

In supporting our customers, Multistrat applies its Assessment, Consulting or Managed services to supplement Customer capabilities in realising defined goals.
  • 01 Sourcing & Supplier Strategy
  • 02 Initiative Execution
  • 03 Negotiate & Contract
  • 04 Transition & Transform
  • 05 Supplier & Contract Management
  • 06 Governance & Continuous Improvement
  • 01 Sourcing & Supplier Strategy
  • 02 Initiative Execution
  • 03 Negotiate & Contract
  • 04 Transition & Transform
  • 05 Supplier & Contract Management
  • 06 Governance & Continuous Improvement
  • Multistrat Assessment
  • Consulting Services
  • Managed Services
  • Capabilities

Sourcing & Supplier Strategy

Looking to establish or validate your sourcing, supplier management, or cash management  strategy? Assess your supplier landscape?

We at Multistrat specialise in conducting an end-to-end process to reflect the current landscape and what the next steps should be, taking into account factors such as cost optimisation, contractual terms and relationship with suppliers, based on our best in class tools and experience of advising our customers for over a decade.

Initiative Execution

In addition to providing advisory services, we take up execution to realise the potential of our proposed initiatives. Like the strategy phase, we bring in a structured approach to execute a sourcing process that is governed by a rigor based on our proprietary tools and templates. 

Negotiate & Contract

With our seasoned advisors who have the experience of negotiating with a wide variety of suppliers, ranging from large software publishers and managed services providers to smaller SaaS suppliers. We go that extra mile to secure not just the right financial deal for our customers but also ensure contracts are negotiated with the terms to best mitigate risk.

Transition & Transform

Imagine having onboarded a large Managed Services Provider/ System Integrator to take over from an incumbent. Does it sound like a cake walk or a heavy lift?

With our indigenous tracking tools, we ensure that the intended objectives of transition are met on time at the agreed price with the stipulated quality. We work closely with all the involved stakeholders and ensure that all are aligned to the vision of making the transition and transformation phase a success.

Supplier & Contract Management

We at Multistrat strive to ensure that the value committed in the pre-award stage is not lost during project execution. In order to ensure that we provide managed services to drive and/or run the governance forums, validate the change requests, ensure compliance to the customer's policies and prepare for renewals.

On behalf of our customers, we also manage their tail spend by ensuring that the applicable procedures, thresholds and compliance are met, thereby preventing surprises such as unwanted renewals, erroneous invoices and non-compliant contracts etc.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

We believe that continuous monitoring is the key to prevent value erosion. Putting the right KPIs in place and measuring them continuously to seek improvement opportunities leading to cost optimization and improved relationship with suppliers.

Further, our best in class front end governance tools enable our customers to take proactive steps to prevent savings' leakage.

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Our Capabilities

Sourcing & Supplier Strategy
Assessment & peer review
Sourcing & category strategy
Supplier management strategy
Cost & cash management
Execution plan
Initiative Execution
Market research & evaluation
Establish & implement governance
Process readiness
Initiative execution
Evaluation & award
Negotiate & Contract
Commercial negotiation
Contracting plan & contract creation
Stakeholder liaison
Contract negotiation
Contract processing, approvals and CLM
Transition & Transform
Business case formulation & tracking
Supplier performance management
Reverse transition supplier management
RTU/TSA negotiation contracting & support
PMO (Project Management Office services)
Supplier & Contract Management
Partner & supplier governance
Contract change management
Contract compliance management
Renewals planning & benchmarking
Spot buying/deal desk
Governance & Continuous Improvement
HW & SW asset management, utilisation & compliance
KPI design, monitoring, compliance & improvement
Savings reporting & management
Suppliers' diversity & sustainability scorecard
Front end governance (TCO / decisions)

Experience

This matrix highlights our engagements across various industry sectors

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FMCG
Retail
Beauty
& Health
Industrial
Services
E-com
B2B/B2C
Financial
Services
Logistics
Public
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  • Consulting Services
  • Managed Services
  • Staff Augmentation
At Multistrat, we are experts in identifying cultivating and realising value for our customers.
 
Through a depth of expertise in technology procurement, a comprehensive understanding of the industry, specific supplier side insights and decades of hands-on experience, we offer a breadth of Consulting Services. Our consulting engagements are generally bespoke and project-based driven by the rep-requisite governance required and resulting in comprehensive reports, actionable recommendations and strategic plans as well as execution services when required.
 
Coupled with our Managed Services we are able to offer an end to end services proposition where value is identified realised and maintained for customers.
 
Please contact us to find out more and discuss your specific needs or challenges.
At Multistrat, our Managed Services ensure post-contract signature activities are performed to proactively assure value realisation.
 
The services are comprehensive in scope ranging from SAM & HAM to Contract Management and Partner / Supplier Relationship Management & Governance to ensuring proactive controls via Front end Governance (for more details please refer to the Our Capabilities section above).
 
Complemented with local proximity these services are largely executed from our offshore team in India.
 
Also please contact us to find out more and discuss your specific needs or challenges.
At Multistrat, we are also equipped to assist clients who require interim or temporary professionals to address specific skill gaps or short-term workforce needs.
Our model and internal governance ensures that whilst you hire an individual with their specific skill set you are also hiring the augmented capabilities of Multistrat.
We ensure this via an active behind the scenes governance with the professional assuring a greater breadth and depth of delivery capability.
 
Please contact us to find out more and discuss your specific needs or challenges.