SUPPLY CHAIN
PLANNING
Successful planning outcomes are the result
of combining repeatable processes and
relevant data with functional cross-enterprise
collaboration.
PROCUREMENT
TRANSFORMATION
Procurement Transformation is a journey resulting in the alignment and optimization of sourcing professionals and their associated business processes and systems. Often overlooked for investment, the Procurement function directly impacts corporate financial results as the cost related to sourcing goods and services can represent up to 75% of total revenue. We typically see results in the range of five to nine percent savings of total addressable spend.
Our Procurement Transformation offering is designed to answer questions such as:
- What gaps exist in the current business process architecture?
- What knowledge, skills and abilities are required of the procurement team?
- How can technology be leveraged to drive efficiencies in the purchasing process?
- How can the existing organizational design be improved?
- What are the most relevant and effective transactional procurement metrics?
- Which non-strategic, labor-intensive tasks can be outsourced?
Services include:
- End-to-end procurement assessment and analysis
- Procure-to-pay process redesign
- eProcurement software selection and implementation
- Procurement organizational design and development
- Procurement BPO
STRATEGIC
SOURCING
Strategic Sourcing is the process whereby suppliers are defined and evaluated by their criticality and total cost of ownership. It involves conducting due diligence on current and potential suppliers by measuring them via a myriad of qualitative and quantitative criteria. Our methodology for the selection of those suppliers deemed to be strategic is very rigorous and normally thoroughly reviewed and approved at the most senior levels of the organization.
Xenon Group brings a structured approach to analyzing spend data, applying meaningful market intelligence and developing and implementing rigorous sourcing strategies.
Our Strategic Sourcing offering is designed to answer questions such as:
- Which portfolios, categories and sub-categories offer the most opportunity for savings based on a total cost of ownership analysis?
- Which suppliers are best aligned with the client organization’s category strategy?
- What are the macro-economic drivers for a given category?
- What framework should be deployed to manage the supply base?
- Which suppliers and items should be rationalized?
Services include:
- Spend analytics
- Supplier performance management
- Negotiations strategy, preparation and leadership
- Supplier capability assessment
- TCO model development
SOURCING AS A
SERVICE
Sourcing as a Service is an outsourced, subscription-based solution and provides organizations with a scalable and expert-driven approach to category management. By combining market intelligence, advanced analytics, competitive event management and disciplined negotiation strategies, we help clients unlock cost savings, improve supplier performance and reduce operational burden.
Key Questions We Help Answer
- How can category spend be optimized without compromising quality or service?
- Which suppliers offer the best value, based on performance, cost, risk, and sustainability metrics?
- Where are the opportunities to consolidate, renegotiate, or restructure supplier relationships?
- How can procurement cycles be accelerated without increasing risk?
- What sourcing levers can drive measurable improvement in cost reduction, innovation, or resilience?
Our Services
- Spend & Category Opportunity Assessment – Comprehensive analysis of spend, supplier base, and market conditions to identify value levers and strategic sourcing opportunities.
- End-to-End Strategic Sourcing Execution – Management of the full sourcing lifecycle, including RFP design, competitive bidding, evaluation, negotiation and award recommendations.
- Supplier Identification & Qualification – Discovery and vetting of high-performing suppliers that align with cost, service, innovation, and compliance requirements.
- Contracting Support – Development and evaluation of commercial terms, service levels, and risk-mitigation structures to ensure robust and sustainable agreements.
- Supplier Management & Performance Monitoring – Ongoing oversight to ensure suppliers meet expectations across quality, delivery, cost, risk and sustainability KPIs.
- Flexible Resourcing & Procurement Augmentation – Deploying experienced sourcing professionals to supplement your team during peak demand, capability gaps, or strategic initiatives.
SUPPLY CHAIN
PLANNING
Xenon Group’s Supply Chain Planning offering combines relevant data with a rigorous operating cadence to develop and deliver an integrated and time-sensitive forecast, the foundation of which is a series of repeatable, cross-functional processes that can be quickly deployed to drive collaboration and improve forecast accuracy. Scenario-based and iterative by design, this service drives continuous process improvement by employing a Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology.
Our Supply Chain Planning offering is designed to answer questions such as:
- What is the optimal balance between inventory positions and service levels?
- What are the components that make up the total cost to serve?
- With respect to forecast generation, how do Finance, Marketing, Sales and Operations align on a common set of processes and definitions?
- What product mix drives optimal margins?
- What supplier collaboration tools and processes should be deployed to improve supplier-driven forecast variability?
Services include:
- Digital sales and operations planning
- Supply planning
- Demand planning
- Collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment
- Demand-driven replenishment
- Inventory optimization
DATA
SCIENCE
Where appropriate, our Data Scientists will leverage cloud-based machine learning tools to design, develop and deploy self-service data analytics capabilities that client Supply Chain and Procurement teams can quickly adopt and customize.
Our Data Science offering is designed to answer questions such as:
- How should reports be configured to best serve the needs of the Finance function?
- How can item master data be rationalized without impacting business operations?
- What are the appropriate KPIs to measure the performance of distribution operations?
- What visualization tools are the best fit for a given environment?
- Which tool or combination of tools can most dramatically reduce time spent analyzing data?
Services include:
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Robotics process automation
- Big data analytics
- Customer analytics
- Dashboard development
- Data blending
- Data preparation and profiling
- Data visualization
- Item master rationalization and maintenance
- Predictive analytics
ORGANIZATIONAL
PERFORMANCE
Xenon Group’s Organizational Performance offering is designed to drive improvement in four critical capabilities: business readiness, ownership/commitment, training and communications.
Our Organizational Performance offering is designed to answer questions such as:
- How can training be deployed to meaningfully reduce the risk associated with systems implementation?
- What are the process and selection criteria for recruiting and hiring high-performing individuals?
- How can business readiness be assessed and improved upon?
- To what extent does a cultural bias exist toward ownership and commitment?
- What are the elements of an effective communication plan and how should one be implemented?
Services include:
- Workforce capability development
- Communication planning and implementation
- Culture assessment and development
- Organizational alignment