• Purchasing strategies: Definition of medium / long-term purchasing strategies by product category (Porter System, SWOT analysis, …)
• Definition of needs
  TCO (Total Cost Ownership) approach by defining product specifications (for example : from fiber through the supplier packaging until the product is scrapped) to take into account:

RM (Raw Material) Costs, Cut, Make & Trimmings
Product cleaning cost
Customer commissioning costs
Product appearance (visual, hand feel)
Product life span
Product recyclability

• Complete package preparation to launch Call for Tenders including draft of technical specifications for Textile products
• Support in negotiations or complete negotiations: Upstream preparation of evaluation grills with price breakdown, offer analysis and recommendation of target prices – negotiation strategy, contractual negotiation (penalties, price revision formula following raw material prices and currency fluctuation, intellectual properties of the items, etc.)
• Supply chain Monitoring during a switch from European suppliers to LCC (Low Cost Country) suppliers (customs aspects, stock, management of termination of contracts, …)
• Supplier monitoring with implementation of KPIs (respect of deadlines, quality, etc.)