IT Procurement and Cost-Out

Maximising investment value through streamlining costs.

In an increasingly competitive market where technology is the backbone of business operations, optimizing spend has become a strategic imperative.​

However, this is not a simple lever to pull. Organizations grapple with sourcing the right technology solutions, negotiating favorable terms, and aligning vendor performance with business expectations. Balancing cost reductions without compromising on quality, ensuring compliance, and effectively managing operational transitions can often become tricky, demanding a strategic vs. tactical approach.​

With an in-depth understanding of procurement, cost optimization, and vendor performance management, we tailor our services to align with your unique needs – from spend diagnostic to spend improvement delivery.​

Our team of experts specializes in helping you navigate the complexities of sourcing, procurement and vendor management to optimize your technology spend in a sustainable way that enhances performance.

OUR TRACK RECORD
OUR TRACK RECORD

€150 M+

Contract savings delivered

25%

Typical reduction in IT spend

What you can expect

Experience

We have a track record of successfully delivering complex IT projects in PE portfolio companies, and have built reusable assets based on our unique position as the orchestrating party on many M&A transactions.

Quality

We are an experienced team of consultants from top consulting firms and organisations that are also operations and delivery execution experts, typically with 15+ years of experience.

Agility

We can quickly flex to new project setups and align our ways of working to our clients needs – from commercial terms, to landing teams in location, to program delivery methodology and level of integration with your team.

Vendor Agnostic

We focus on ensuring that you select the best tool for the job, then we use our expertise working with all the major implementation partners and technology platforms to ensure best-in-class implementation.

Experience
We have a track record of successfully delivering complex IT projects in PE portfolio companies, and have built reusable assets based on our unique position as the orchestrating party on many M&A transactions.
Quality
We are an experienced team of consultants from top consulting firms and organisations that are also operations and delivery execution experts, typically with 15+ years of experience.
Agility
We can quickly flex to new project setups and align our ways of working to our clients needs - from commercial terms, to landing teams in location, to program delivery methodology and level of integration with your team.
Vendor Agnostic
We focus on ensuring that you select the best tool for the job, then we use our expertise working with all the major implementation partners and technology platforms to ensure best-in-class implementation.

How we can help

Sourcing/ Procurement

We provide valuable expertise to help you optimise your commercial relationship with vendors across all spend contributors: from planning, through demand and specifications, to vendor contracts and inefficiencies in the source to pay process.

  • RFx support
  • Vendor evaluation
  • Negotiation
  • Contracting
Cost-Out

We can employ various strategies, such as consolidation, automation and optimization, to reduce your spend on technology in a sustainable way. Our proven approach includes four phases of work:

  • Diagnostic: To baseline and benchmark spending, and to set priorities for savings
  • Planning: Designing and implementing the governance and frameworks, creating the backlog of savings opportunities, executing quick wins
  • Execute: Converting the opportunities for saving, leveraging Alysian’s negotiation toolkits and RFx assets
  • Monitor: Managing supplier performance and tracking savings
Vendor Performance Management

We set up, with our partner management offering, the correct governance and processes to allow proactive identification and mitigation of risks associated with vendor non-performance (across partners who provide SI services or parts of the e2e solution)

  • Non-performance by partners
  • Mis-alignment between partners
  • Mis-alignment between partners and clients
Target Operating Models​

We can ensure your technology organisation is aligned to the strategic goals and objectives of the organisation by identifying and eliminating redundant processes, reorganising teams and functions, or implementing new technologies to improve the organisations operational capabilities. 

  • IT TOM / eTOM
  • IT Outsourcing or IT Offshoring
  • Re-organisation

Client Case Studies

Personal Products

From due-diligence to carve-out success in 14 months

  • IT Carve-Out
  • Consumer Products and Manufacturing
  • Private Equity

Consumer Products

Development of best-in-class ERP implementation strategy

  • IT Transformation Assurance
  • Consumer Products and Manufacturing
  • Private Equity

Featured Experts

Proven track record of technology transformation excellence, advising on more than EUR 30+ billion of sourcing deals and delivering more than EUR 100+ million of value creation.
Stephen Craig
Jerone Walters
Gabor Berenak
Lukasz Kowalski

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