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Strategic advisory · Expert-led · Outcome-focused

Digital Procurement Advisory.
The strategic layer your
transformation needs.

Not every organisation is ready to implement. Some need to define the right direction first, the operating model, the technology case, the stakeholder alignment. Our advisory service provides senior procurement expertise for organisations shaping or improving their procurement function.

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10+
Years transformation experience
P&G
Global transformation led
100%
Procurement-focused
What we deliver

Expert guidance grounded in delivery reality, not theory.

Our advisory team has led procurement transformations at P&G, Fortune 500 companies, and mid-market organisations across Europe and North America. We’ve been on your side of the table. Our advice reflects what actually works, not what looks good in a presentation.

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A clear, prioritised procurement transformation roadmap
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Technology selection support and business case for leadership
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Procurement operating model designed for your business scale
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Executive stakeholder alignment and governance structure
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Measurable improvement in procurement maturity
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A clear path to implementation, when you’re ready
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Who this is for

Organisations shaping their procurement transformation strategy, evaluating technology, building internal capability, or managing post-implementation underperformance.

What’s included
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Procurement maturity assessment
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Operating model design
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Technology evaluation & business case
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Change management planning
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Executive stakeholder facilitation
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Transformation roadmap & governance
Engagement model: Advisory engagements are scoped individually, from focused workshops to multi-month transformation programmes. We’ll define the right shape on the discovery call.
Your advisory lead

Led by someone who has done the transformation himself.

Nico Bac
Nico Bac
Founder & Head of Strategy · Digital Procurement Now

Nico has been advising enterprises on digital procurement transformation since 2020. Before founding DPNow, he initiated and led P&G’s global digital procurement transformation from 2014 to 2020, one of the largest Coupa deployments in the world, achieving 100% e-sourcing adoption and 93% e-invoicing adoption across a global organisation.

Since 2020, he has worked with large enterprises across Europe and North America to define their procurement transformation strategy, build internal capability, and create the conditions for successful technology adoption.

P&G alumni Enterprise advisory since 2020 10+ years procurement transformation Fortune 500 experience EU & North America
“Most procurement transformations fail not because of the technology, but because the organisation wasn’t ready for it. Advisory is about getting that part right.”
How advisory works

A structured approach, adapted to where you are.

Every advisory engagement starts with a diagnostic. From there, we design the right programme for your organisation, whether that’s a focused sprint or a multi-phase transformation.

Phase 1
Diagnose

Understand where you are

Procurement maturity assessment across key dimensions
Stakeholder interviews and process mapping
Gap analysis against best practice and peer benchmarks
Phase 2
Design

Define where you need to go

Target operating model and procurement strategy
Technology evaluation and business case development
Executive alignment workshops and governance framework
Phase 3
Enable

Build the capability to get there

Transformation roadmap, prioritised and sequenced
Change management plan and communication strategy
Transition to implementation when ready (Blueprint or otherwise)
Set expectations

What advisory is, and what it isn’t.

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Advisory IS
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Senior-level expertise grounded in real delivery
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Actionable outputs, not slide decks that gather dust
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Scoped to your specific situation and maturity
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A clear path to implementation when you’re ready
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Honest assessment, even if the answer is uncomfortable
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Advisory is NOT
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Generic frameworks applied without context
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A research report about industry trends
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Open-ended retainers with no clear deliverable
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Technology vendor selection disguised as advice
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Theory without accountability for outcomes
Results

What advisory clients achieve.

6 weeks

“DPNow helped us build a business case that got board approval in 6 weeks. We had the procurement roadmap we’d been missing for two years.”

CPO · Professional Services · €800M revenue
Board approval

“Nico understood our procurement challenges in the first session. The operating model he helped us design became our internal blueprint for the next 3 years.”

VP Procurement · Manufacturing · Fortune 500
Common questions

Questions about advisory.

How is this different from a traditional consulting engagement?+
Traditional consulting firms send junior teams, apply standard frameworks, and charge by the hour with no incentive to finish. Our advisory work is led by Nico directly, someone who has run the transformation you’re planning. The output is an actionable plan, not a research report.
Who leads the advisory work?+
Nico Bac leads all advisory engagements directly. You’re not handed to a junior consultant after the first meeting. For larger programmes, Adelin supports on the delivery architecture side, but Nico remains your primary point of contact throughout.
How is advisory priced?+
Advisory engagements are priced as fixed-fee scopes, not time and materials. We agree on the deliverables and price before we start. No open-ended retainers. No surprise invoices. The discovery call is always free.
Ready to talk?

Start with a 30-minute conversation. No commitment.

Tell us where you are in your procurement transformation journey. We’ll tell you honestly whether advisory is the right next step, and what that would look like for your organisation.

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No commitment · Fixed-fee scope agreed before start · Led by Nico Bac directly