4. CONTENT
• The history
• The Concept & Constitution
• The Demand & The Offer
• The Approach
• What can we do for you?
• Location
5. THE HISTORY
Tom Timmerman, 1st citizen
–Marketing MBA, Executive MBA Wharton & Insead
–10 years of procurement experience at world leading FMCG’s P&G and InBev
–Implementation ZBB at InBev
–Leading full global indirect spend (3,5bio€)
The Revolution
The urge to create our own unique concept combining the in-depth procurement experience and
marketing-sales knowledge and use it to the benefit of others.
The Founding
Created Value Republic the 1st of May 2008 and becoming the 1st citizen of Value Republic.
The population growth
Was joined on his journey by his business partner Davy Verhulst, who joined the company as Mayor in
the fall of 2008, together started to recruit new citizens…
The Clients
Telenet, Glaxo Smith Kline, Accenture, Coca Cola, GoodYear, Bacardi, Trifinance, …
6. CONCEPT
VALUE REPUBLIC,
a state:
A State led by the continuous search and creation of value, built on solid professional, ethical foundations
in an ever learning environment. The quest for value is driven by deep cost consciousness, balanced with
the enhancement of the value offering.
VALUE REPUBLIC, VALUE REPUBLIC ,
a service company: a networking place :
• Consulting solutions • Parliament sittings, monthly
• Procurement
• Sales & Marketing • Senate sittings, quarterly
• Budget management
• State of the Union, yearly
• Outsourcing centre for indirect spend
• Interim management and talent hunt
• Training Academy
7. KEY PILLARS
PROCUREMENT
1. General:
• Procurement governance
• Procure -to- Pay
• Process -and organization assessment
2. Indirect spend
• Marketing & Sales
• Facility Management & utilities
• Consulting & Services
3. Strategic sourcing
4. E-sourcing
5. Ad Hoc interim management + Talent hunt
6. Outsourcing centre for indirect spend
7. Training (standard & custom)
8. KEY PILLARS
BUDGETTING
1. Spend Management
(Budgeting & Tracking)
2. Core Working Capital
management
9. KEY PILLARS
TRAINING ACADEMY
Training Academy
1. Procurement for Non-
Procurement
2. Procurement Fundamentals
3. Procurement Masterclass
4. 360° Negotiation
5. Sales Training (Buyers Insights)
6. E-Sourcing Strategy
7. Stakeholder Buyin
8. Leadership & Change
9. Custom Built
10. KEY PILLARS
E-SOURCING
E-sourcing tool
E-sourcing strategy
Event management & setup
Training & Development
Introduction Programs
11. 3 WAYS TO REDUCE COST
100
Stop Spending
% saving
Buy Alternative
Buy Better
0 Change 100
12. INSERT SLIDE 10
COMMANDEMENTS
Citizens of VALUE REPUBLIC live by strong ethics and beliefs, reflected in every step along
the way. The 10 commandements of the VALUE REPUBLIC then also are as follows:
follows:
1. Thy shall not trade Good Value for Cheap.
2. Take every step along the way, no shortcuts!
3. Quality in everything we do.
4. Sustainable solutions shall prevail over quick fix.
5. Cost conciousness is a way of life, (not just the latest buzzword!)
6. Not only say, also DO!
7. Strive to exceed your expectations
8. We love what we do!
9. Status Quo , means time is catching up!
10. Your satisfaction is our nutrition!
13. THE APPROACH
THE PROFIT SPIRAL
Assuring the wheels keep on turning in the right direction to generate profit:
• We don’t stop after the theory, we help the implementation
• A structured way to approach challenges based on PDCA
• The goal of every intervention is to create a capability
• People: we provide you experienced hands-on people that enable your
organization to watch and learn, we provide training and if necessary we help you
identify new people
• Process: we develop, document and implement best in class process based on
our own experience.
• Technology: we develop or source together the tools needed to support your
people in executing the processes
• We work with the organization to deliver results together to assure that no dependency
is created once the project comes to an end.
14. WHAT CAN WE DO
FOR YOU?
We can share our knowledge on how to increase the value of the
procurement department and how to put it on the organizational map, more
then ever before.
Is it General Consulting or Procure to Pay Processes, Indirect spend
Management, Strategic Sourcing or e-Sourcing … we did it successfully in the
past, do it today and will continue to do so in the future.
Interesting categories are for example Travel, facility management, marketing
services, consultancy (subcontracting) and offshore development and testing
of your business applications
Share with us what you are confronted with as challenges in the area of
Procurement, Budgeting and Spend Management…
…and we will identify where we can help you make the difference.
