Three doors. One way of working.
EBIT outcomes now. A team that keeps finding them.
That Procurement Project delivers procurement outcomes; Procurement Superheroes builds the practitioners who deliver them; Operating in the Margins publishes the thinking behind both. Together: cost-out in weeks, not years, with the team you already have. The number only banks when the politics, the relationships and the credibility behind it line up, and that's the read most firms miss.
- That Procurement Project
- Delivers the outcome
- Procurement Superheroes
- Builds the people who deliver it
- Operating in the Margins
- Publishes the thinking behind both
- Led by
- Ashokk N Menon, across all three
Execution, not just advice
Owned and reviewed by Ashokk, delivered with the specialist bench and an AI analysis stack. We land savings in the P&L, counted only once finance signs off. Getting there means navigating the stakeholder politics and credibility calls that decide whether a number survives contact with the business.
For CFOs, PE operating partners, founders, and procurement leaders who need the number this quarter.
Most recent PE-backed engagement: 12% saved on addressed spend, signed off by finance.
Explore That Procurement ProjectBecome the first call they make
A capability accelerator for procurement professionals and teams who want to deliver real savings, build trust, and move faster. Built on live work.
For practitioners becoming the person leaders call, and for leaders building teams that don't need outside help twice.
Practitioners Ashokk has personally coached are now at Lactalis, Ebury, Crown Resorts and Kearney. Five on the path to CPO.
Explore Procurement SuperheroesNot sure which door? Decide in thirty seconds.
That Procurement Project, if:
- The board or the fund needs an EBITDA number this year
- There's no procurement leadership, or no bandwidth to add more
- You want fees tied to results, documented to the P&L
- Stakeholders won't engage, suppliers know it, and the hard conversations keep getting deferred
- Locked contracts, a two-player supplier market, no time to play the long game. You need leverage, found fast
Procurement Superheroes, if:
- You're a practitioner who wants to move faster than your employer's training budget
- You lead a team that should be able to do this without outside help next time
- You want coaching on live work and someone to turn to week to week
- You're doing the work while someone else presents it, and you want the credibility that changes that
- You can see the path to 2IC or CPO, but nobody inside your company is showing you the next move
The same person, either way.
Ashokk N Menon. 25+ years across industry leadership and top-tier consulting, 130+ projects, $20B+ of spend addressed, $1.5B in documented benefits. Same read either way, built from sitting in the client's chair, the supplier's chair and the consultant's chair, which is how he knows whose politics and credibility actually move a number.
Operating in the Margins
Unfiltered plays on EBIT, procurement, and value creation, published when there is something worth your time. For CFOs, PE operators, and procurement leaders who want what actually works when margins are under pressure. Newsletter, podcast, articles.
Then don't pick. Tell us the problem.
Thirty minutes with Ashokk directly. Describe what's actually in front of you and we'll tell you which side it belongs on, or whether it belongs with us at all. No pitch, no obligation. You'll get a straight read either way.