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Successful procurement organizations develop strategies in collaboration with the business units and key stakeholders they support. Neon Fox Consulting can create, or assist in the transformation, of a procurement vision and strategy. Benefits include formalized procurement processes, realization of cost savings, risk mitigation, and world-class supplier partnerships. Some examples of these strategic activities include:


•Building client procurement capabilities through the development of an internal procurement function, use of consultants, or temporary staff.

• Supporting critical, high-value procurement projects and contract negotiations.

• Providing procurement analysis and executive communications, overall supplier expenditure analysis, category procurement strategies, and management recommendations for expenditures.

• Developing or transforming procurement processes and tools, formal strategic sourcing processes, purchasing policies, and procurement templates.

•Creating a best in class Procure to Pay (P2P) process

Neon Fox Consulting can develop a customized strategic sourcing process based on industry best practices and our client’s needs. Strategic sourcing process steps include: data gathering and analysis; profiling the supply market; supplier bidding processes (RFP), proposal evaluation; contract negotiation, and ongoing supplier management.

R&D, Supply Chain, and CMO strategic sourcing is a unique and critical skill set in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Neon Fox Consulting has extensive experience in these capabilities. We help our clients develop and implement sourcing and category strategies. We leverage best-in-class sourcing processes to support your organization’s goals and business requirements.

Some of our recent experience includes the following areas: CRO services; Pre-clinical and Clinical studies (Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, Phase IV studies); small molecules; gene therapies; rare diseases; pharmacovigilance; patient recruitment & retention; clinical trial safety submissions and processing; lab supplies & equipment; eTMF; biostatistics; EDC; PK Analysis; supply chain, CMO, biologics, and outsourced contract management.

Neon Fox Consulting has deep experience in IT with a focus on the biopharmaceutical industry. Some of the high-value categories supported include: software, hardware, cloud, help desk support, ERPs (Veeva, SAP, Oracle Salesforce.com, etc.), print, value added resellers, and professional services. We help develop and implement comprehensive information technology procurement strategies for our clients. We leverage best-in-class sourcing processes to support your organization’s goals and business requirements.

The Legal, Commercial and Marketing departments are critical areas that require experienced consultants who understand the characteristics of these distinct business functions. We help develop and implement comprehensive Legal, Marketing and Commercial procurement strategies for our clients. We leverage best-in-class sourcing processes to support your organization’s goals and business requirements.

Supplier management is an important part, and often overlooked phase, of the strategic sourcing process that occurs AFTER the contract is signed. Our consultants create and support supplier management programs that continue throughout the life of the supplier contract. Some supplier management activities include:

• Partnering with strategic suppliers to drive value for both the customer and supplier

• Monitoring, tracking, and reporting of key performance metrics and quality

• Reviewing contractual compliance

• Facilitating quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with the business and supplier

• Supporting supplier issue escalation and resolution

• Evaluating internal customer satisfaction of strategic suppliers