Procurement consultant for international companies: Your procurement team at home, or in Australia and New Zealand.
TPP works with companies in Singapore, the US, the UK and Europe in two ways: on procurement in your home country, or at your subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand. Ashokk N Menon leads every engagement. Associates do much of the work remotely, and someone is on site when the work needs it.
At head office, or where your subsidiary buys.
Same lead, same method, same reporting. The difference is where the suppliers are.
| What it’s for | How it runs | |
|---|---|---|
| In your home country | A category, a cost-out program, a sourcing event, or interim procurement leadership at head office or a regional business. | Ashokk leads. Associates work remotely in the hours that overlap. On site for negotiations, workshops and leadership reviews. |
| In Australia or New Zealand | The local business buying on its own: local suppliers, price rises and contracts the global category team never sees. | TPP is the local team, in the subsidiary’s time zone and supplier market, reporting to head office. |
Buyer, supplier and advisor.
Ashokk N Menon has worked all three sides of the table over 25+ years. He was a buyer at Mondelez and Redington, and on the supplier side at Pact Group. As an advisor he has worked with boards and CFOs, with Infosys in Portland, and with top-tier strategy firms.
He leads every engagement and reviews every output. The associates around him are sourced for the work: category experts, analysts and negotiators, with AI-supported analysis for spend and contract review.
He has worked in 15+ sectors, deepest in PE-backed businesses, FMCG and food and beverage, personal and home care, packaging, manufacturing, QSR, IVF and life sciences, healthcare and dental, and retail.
From the first spend cube to the signed contract.
The work moves while you sleep.
TPP is based in Melbourne. Progress is written up as decisions made and money banked, documented to the P&L, so it’s waiting at the start of your day.
Before you bring us in.
Do you work outside Australia?
Yes. TPP works with companies in Singapore, the US, the UK and Europe in two ways: on procurement in their home country, or at their subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand.
Who does the work?
Ashokk N Menon leads every engagement and reviews every output. Associates sourced for the engagement, such as category experts, analysts and negotiators, do much of the work remotely. Someone is on site when the work needs a room: a supplier negotiation, a workshop or a leadership review.
Can you look after our Australian or New Zealand business for head office?
Yes. TPP works as the local procurement team, in the subsidiary’s time zone and supplier market, and reports to head office as decisions made and money banked, documented to the P&L.
How do you handle the time difference?
Work runs in the hours that overlap, and progress is written up so it’s waiting at the start of your day. Singapore shares most of the Melbourne working day. London, Europe and the US overlap early or late in the day.
Do you work with private equity firms?
Yes. For PE firms in the US, UK and Singapore with portfolio companies in Australia, see procurement for portfolio companies in Australia.
How are fees structured?
A fixed fee, or pay for performance with part of the fee at risk. Each engagement has a stated outcome, a timeline and a price agreed in writing.
Which sectors do you work in?
15+ sectors. Deepest in PE-backed businesses, FMCG and food and beverage, personal and home care, packaging, manufacturing, QSR, IVF and life sciences, healthcare and dental, and retail. Also apparel, education, technology, telco, government and government business enterprises, and distribution and logistics. Not construction, mining, or oil and gas.
Thirty minutes on the work in front of you.
A free call with Ashokk, at home or in Australia and New Zealand. In confidence.