Tail-Spend Consolidation
Fragmented tail spend. Groups it for consolidation.
A spend category shows more than 20 active suppliers with no single one above 10% share, and total spend large enough to be worth consolidating.
Sourcing brief attached to the category in Coupa; supplier cluster mapping written to SAP MM.
Every write is gated on an approver role you name. Nothing runs unattended.
- Cluster the tail by what is actually being bought, normalising supplier descriptions that never match.
- Size the consolidation opportunity per cluster against the effort to run the event, so small tails stay untouched.
- Identify which suppliers can serve the whole cluster and which fragments exist for a genuine reason.
- Hand the category manager a sourcing brief with the cluster, the incumbents and the target, gated on approval.
- Close when the consolidated agreement is live and the supplier count in the cluster falls.
Realised savings against pre-consolidation run rate over two quarters, net of switching cost.
The case closes on this number, not on the action being taken. A playbook without a close condition is a dashboard.
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