Responses will be in a compact format. The content of the papers should be around 5 pages in length excluding the title page, executive summary, or any references.
Start with the explanation of the analysis for spend by category, and the framework for the proposal to realign the department to better manage the top 35% of spend. The student should further explain how he or she would present the findings to the other business units and provoke support and buy-in for the centralization of the Procurement function.
- What were the executives looking for from the procurement group to provide?
- What is the corporate structure today and what will it look like in the future?
- What is the overall plan? What does Purchasing have to do with the categories? If they do it, then what is the outcome? Would it encounter support or resistance?
- Create a case to clarify the new structure and the benefits that will be created from it.