Case Study:
Genius! Britain‘s leading free-from bakery brand saves more than £400k from indirect spend through programme of Procurement Cost Reduction.
Client
Genius Gluten Free is Britain’s leading bakery brand within the free-from category, growing ahead of the market every year.
3 bakeries supplying all major UK supermarkets with established international growth through global distribution channels.
The Challenge
With a professional procurement team focused on ingredients, the executive recognised an opportunity to improve profitability by focusing on indirect spend and food industry factory support categories. The objective; savings and sustainable profitability improvement.
Approach
Initial Spend Analysis & Opportunity Assessment identified and planned a 2 wave programme of procurement cost reduction across all overhead, IT and marketing spend.
Strategic sourcing programme across 13 categories of indirect spend to deliver identified cost reduction.
Results
Sourcing strategies included re-negotiations with suppliers, full tender processes and service delivery improvements
Utilising Procura Solutions frameworks for rapid impact
Total saving of >£400k delivered
Procura have taken responsibility for our indirect spend, allowing my procurement team to focus on our direct spend categories. They have delivered significant savings as well as supporting our rapidly growing business
| Category results | Saving |
| Agency labour | 3.7% |
| Marketing | 7.6% |
| IT (including SAP) | 26.5% |
| Workwear/PPE/Janitorial | 12.8% |
| Telecoms | 36% |
| MRO/Equipment Purchase | 2.2% |
| Logistics | 3.4% |
| Office Services & supplies | 28.2% |
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