service delivery Our service delivery teams are experts in all aspects of procurement, including the latest tools and processes. We work closely with your team to understand your specific business priorities in order to continually deliver excellent and sustainable value. the problem Our clients are engaged in a wide variety of activities across constantly changing environments. Delivering effective performance often requires a diverse range of experience and knowledge that’s difficult to maintain in-house. The resulting low productivity levels, costly service delivery and frustrated resources means the company is unable to keep its talent focused on key business matters. our solution your benefit please contact Service delivery team marketing procurement managed services industry food location europe Nomad Foods Europe is a leading packaged foods company. Through an acquirin business model, they own a global portfolio of best-in-class food companies and brands within the frozen category and across the broader food sector. business challenge 4C were engaged to provide a Best in Class strategy to rationalise and future proof the communication supplier base for clients. Key areas include improving commercial terms, flexibility to substitute supply base, transformation of services, transparency of service provision, accountable risk and reward fee structures and the update of contract terms to reflect proliferation in digital services, IP and regulation. our approach value delivered Category savings to date: Savings between 3-6% year on year Streamlined the category and provided flexibility to suit business acquisition model Built internal credibility with the executive board for review and implantation of strategic European project please contact Service delivery team contingent workforce onboarding industry oil and gas location uk/netherlands Royal Dutch Shell plc, is a British-Dutch oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom. It is one of the six oil and gas “supermajors” and the sixth-largest company in the world measured by 2016 revenues. business challenge Get control over contractors by migrating individuals of commercial or talent interest into a contingent workforce solution. Challenges to be dealt with include: high turnover of contractors, large distribution across 100+ legal entities or manual intensive work. our approach value delivered Reporting SLA reduced from 8hrs to 1hrs per week Forecast up to 90% accurate State of the art reporting solution, improving significantly transparency and control over population Shifted excel type solutions to professional PowerQuery and PowerBI Standard process with consistent methodology across all project Reporting charts refreshed automatically please contact Service Delivery team contingent workforce spend analysis industry oil and gas location uk/netherlands Royal Dutch Shell plc, is a British-Dutch oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom. It is one of the six oil and gas “supermajors” and the sixth-largest company in the world measured by 2016 revenues. business challenge Analyse control contingent workforce related spend. Large data volumes and complex structure of different ERP systems disrupt reporting over spend. our approach value delivered Automated reporting solution incorporating millions of rows of data State of the art interactive dashboards Improved accessibility and distribution of data reports Secure solution with rigorous control of data access or extract please contact Service delivery team 4Tracker provides accurate project tracking and savings reporting industry food location europe Pladis, previously known as United Biscuits, is one of the world’s pre-eminent branded snacks businesses. The company produces some of the best known and loved sweet and savoury snacks, with products ranging from biscuits and crackers to cakes and savoury snacks. The portfolio of brands includes McVitie’s, Jacob’s, Carr’s, Jaffa Cakes, Verkade, and Delacre. business challenge With a hundred plus projects across dozens of categories and sub-categories it was important to be able to communicate the in-year savings reliably for the client’s internal procurement reporting including milestone measures. our approach value delivered Close working relationships between both Procurement and the categories have underpinned improved supplier performance and significant cost optimisation of a regular compounded 3% saving each year on total spend, equating to 8% savings on managed spend please contact Service delivery team "4C have enabled a step change from procurement savings to delivering cost transformation. The team 4C put in place has over-delivered on all objectives and proved themselves to be constant innovators; always looking for processes to optimise or leading edge technology to deploy. We are extremely pleased with the results achieved and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them" Edward Fuchs, (former) Group Procurement Director Pages home COVID-19 welcome to 4C 4C careers our insights contact us Sectors consumer life sciences public sector private sector Our Services procurement intelligence cost optimisation transformation service delivery supply chain 4C Associates 5th Floor Kings House, 174 Hammersmith Road, London W6 7JP +44 (0)20 7605 1600 Copyright © 4C Associates Limited 2021. All Rights Reserved. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. By continuing to browse this site, you give consent for cookies to be used. For more details, please read our Privacy Policy. OkayPrivacy policy