The procurement taxonomy

A map of the whole function.

Every capability in a procurement organisation, in one structure — from strategy and category planning through sourcing, contracting and vendor management to the development work that keeps it improving. We use it to scope engagements and find the gaps worth working on.

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01

Managing

Strategy, stakeholders, planning & intelligence

People & resources

Education & training
Recruitment
Alternative resourcing
Worktime management

Stakeholder management

Stakeholder mapping
Relationship owners
Roles & responsibilities

Category planning

Spend analysis
Supply base management
G/L account structure
Opportunity assessment
Project prioritization
Category- & subcategory plan
Project and work allocation

Market intelligence

Supplier intelligence
Category intelligence
Process intelligence
Price benchmarking
02

Execution

From sourcing projects to invoices & vendors

Sourcing projects

Business case
Requirements gathering
Sourcing project management
Supplier long list
Award criteria
Resourcing
Spend/supplier consolidation
Demand management

Bidding

RFx & eAuction questions
RFx templates
Scoring
Supplier collaboration
Lotting strategy
Pricing model planning
Supplier benchmarking
Award

Contracting

Template management
Contract playbooks
Contract automation
Contract review
Contract negotiation
Signing
Legal review
Contract data management
Renewal management
Contract analytics & BI
Handover
Obligations management
Drafting support

PO / invoice management

PO process
Invoice management
Approvals management
Workflow management
Banking management
Matching process
Logistics

Vendor management

SRM process
Contract amendments
Supplier innovation
Supplier risk management
Performance management
SLA management
Claim management
Contract compliance
Vendor extranet
Supply chain responsibility
Sourcing strategy
Procurement KPI management
PO compliance
Data privacy compliance
03

Development

Keeping the function improving

Procurement development mgmt

Spend analytics
Sourcing portfolio management
Savings management
Risk management
Procurement policies
Process development
Procurement tool management
Vendor master data management
Auditing

This is the strategic layer where Zeal spends most of its engagement time — turning the map above into prioritised, owned development projects.

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