Indirect Procurement

Turn indirect procurement into a strategic lever. Working alongside you, we unlock hidden savings, improve compliance, and drive efficiency—transforming fragmented spend into measurable value with digital tools, governance and cross-functional alignment.

Reduce Operating Costs. Increase Profitability. Promote Industrial Sustainability

Indirect procurement—covering all non-production goods and services—often lacks structure, visibility, and governance. Unlike direct procurement, it’s fragmented, less predictable, and harder to standardize. This complexity hides major inefficiencies and missed savings.

For industrial companies, decentralized processes, outdated tools, limited compliance, and poor data quality block value creation. As sustainability and cost pressure rise, the need to professionalize indirect procurement becomes urgent.

EFESO helps industrial leaders to simplify, standardize, and digitize indirect procurement. Together, we address structural bottlenecks, build transparent category strategies and deploy advanced capabilities like AI forecasting, predictive maintenance, and ERP integration. Our approach turns MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations), facility, and service procurement into levers for cost reduction, efficiency, and compliance—strengthening your operational resilience and competitive edge.

Meet our Indirect Procurement Leader

Dr. Kenneth Sievers

Partner

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Real Results Achieved with our Clients

Working with EFESO, clients have achieved measurable results in Indirect Procurement. Here are a few examples:

20%

Material cost reduction through framework agreements

25%

Inventory savings via AI-based forecasting

30%

MRO cost reduction via process efficiency

A Tailored and Pragmatic Approach that Fits your Reality

EFESO's structured approach combines diagnostics, transformation, and strategic alignment.

We begin with a maturity assessment—including CapEx maturity—and in the short to mid-term, we help build a procurement powerhouse to unlock the full potential of your indirect spend.

This involves three key steps: establishing an indirect procurement readiness and excellence program (PREP); implementing operational and structural initiatives; and integrating procurement into your company's strategic framework.

Together, we optimize processes, build digital enablers and embed governance and category management—then align your operating model with corporate strategy and compliance to ensure long-term impact and resilience.

Real Results Together

Indirect Procurement Client Results

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$3.87M

Annual cost reduction vs. baseline

Chemicals

Optimizing Network Footprint to Offset Raw Material Costs and Enable Strategic Growth

Network redesign delivered $3.87M savings, offsetting raw material cost increases while enabling international expansion.

>10%

Material and manufacturing savings indicated

Automotive and Commercial Vehicles

Product Cost Optimization for Automotive Thermal Management System

Transformed unprofitable thermal management module through systematic cost optimization, achieving material, manufacturing and investment savings exceeding targets.

+30%

Productivity improvement

Life Sciences

A Long-lasting Partnership, Driving Productivity Gains and Strategic Transformation

Transformed seven manufacturing facilities across three countries, achieving 30% productivity gains and 45% faster innovation.

The EFESO Touch

At EFESO, we don’t stop at recommendations—we work alongside your teams on the ground, transferring skills, reducing risks and making change stick.

From MRO to facility spend, we turn complexity into clarity through structured, data-driven approaches. Our experts support you in consolidating suppliers, digitizing workflows and embedding lasting governance. Whether it’s tackling fragmented sourcing or advancing ESG in indirect spend, we bring a proven track record and hands-on execution.

We help you unlock the critical success factors to measurably improve your indirect procurement processes—positively impacting your EBITDA. Our three-step framework addresses key challenges to deliver real, structured value. Together, we make indirect procurement visible, strategic, and a lasting performance driver.

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