A PE-owned group operating across 28 markets had its entire indirect spend covered by one contractor. Every figure below is from the engagement.
Our ROI methodology defines these three and says only the last two may headline. Each figure below says which rung it is on and where it came from.
$20M+
Exceptions found in the client’s own transactions, each with the lines under it. Weeks one to four.
70,412 lines · read-only extract · 28 markets
$500K
Agreed with the client’s finance team as recoverable. Week three.
joint review with the client — not a platform ledger state
Reported when the cash lands
Credit issued or cost reduction confirmed. This carries no figure until one exists.
reported when the cash lands
UK engagement figures are stated in pounds and platform figures in US dollars. They are separate measurements, not one number converted twice.
A $1B PE-owned group operating in 28 markets. Indirect procurement — every category outside direct materials — was covered by a single contractor.
70,412 transaction lines connected from read-only extracts. No system access, no integration, no migration.
100% of $200M in spend classified. Not a sample — every line.
$20M identified, alongside more than 200 risk and compliance issues surfaced from the same data.
A $4M six-tender programme, a $1M contract-lifecycle layer, and $1.5M of clawback outreach.
$500K agreed with the client’s finance team as recoverable by week three — a joint review against ERP state, not a platform ledger status.
The contractor was replaced. Indirect procurement now runs as a function, managed by the group's head of procurement.
We had hired a contractor to focus on indirects. Within days ProcureLabs delivered more than he had in months. So, we replaced the contractor. ProcureLabs is now the indirects procurement function we could not afford. Managed by our head of procurement.
Available for reference calls, and has since introduced ProcureLabs to other companies in its PE parent's portfolio.