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Positive Purchasing is a company that specializes in providing procurement and purchasing platforms, training and tools to organizations around the world

Founded in the UK in 2003, our operational headquarters is located at Marsh Mills, in the historic city of Plymouth.

We are truly global in our business outlook and have steadily grown into one of the world’s leading strategic purchasing and negotiation specialists.

Our procurement programs, using our best-practice methodologies, along with our bespoke packages and complete procurement transformation service, have earned us a reputation for exceptional results across a spectrum of industries. Our negotiation programs have won the acclaim of the companies who have secured significantly better outcomes from their negotiations.

What we do

Our low-touch, high-impact interventions can meet a wide range of purchasing and negotiation needs. We can deliver a full procurement transformation, from diagnostic assessment through to implementing an appropriate strategy and ensuring ongoing compliance. Or organizations can tap into one of our individual procurement programs – Category Management, Supplier Relationship Management, The Buyer’s Toolkit, Sustainable Procurement, or one of our specialist negotiation programs. Each of these areas is built on a unique best practice methodology and supported by high-impact learning and development.

Learning is delivered through a mix of inspirational interactive training, online platforms, tools and digital resources. Our training courses can be conducted in-house at the client organization’s own premises in locations almost anywhere in the world. Online digital learning options enable effective remote learning as an alternative to classroom training – or together with it to provide a truly blended learning experience across teams. We also offer entirely bespoke tools and processes, personal coaching and consultancy for practitioners and teams that require individual, targeted support.

we enable procurement for the future

What sets us apart

It is our people that make us unique. Our experienced practitioners bring vast market, business, and procurement and negotiation insight to deliver inspirational learning and achieve outstanding results. Our dynamic team bring a wealth of expertise in their respective fields and share a passion to help organizations realize their procurement and purchasing ambitions.

Engage with Positive Purchasing and the difference will be obvious. With the international reach through our network of offices and alliance partners, and exceptional record of service, we’re truly a global force in procurement. Get in touch to find out how we can transform your company with a winning strategy for procurement.

Industry Experience

We have worked with organizations spanning multiple industries, implementing best-practice training and tools to improve their procurement and negotiation capability. We have specialist expertise in the following sectors:

  • Food & Beverage
  • Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
  • Engineering
  • Transport
  • Utilities, Energy and Processing
  • Public Sector
  • Retail & FMCG
  • Apparel
  • Insurance, Financial and Banking
  • Telecoms
  • Luxury
  • Construction, Buildings and FM
  • Oil and Gas
  • Consulting
  • Technology
  • Recruitment
  • Automotive

Read more about our wealth of Utilities sector expertise and how you can draw on our deep understanding of the challenges faced by organizations operating in this unique environment to help transform your procurement capability.

Get in Touch

If you’d like to discuss how our training, platform and package options could work for your organization, please click below or call us on +44 33 00 94 0000.

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