PMMS the leading light of purchasing and supply chain management

PMMS Consulting Group is one of the most experienced global procurement consultancies in the business - with 25 years expertise at the buyer-seller interface. It has built up a formidable reputation in the purchasing and supply chain industry, throughout all industrial and commercial sectors.

The Group offers advice and support to organisations in order to increase corporate purchasing performance and profitability. We deliver results via innovative, effective and practical tools and techniques, many of which have been developed by PMMS consultants.

With clients from over thirty of the world’s top organisations, including many blue chip companies, ranging from financial institutions to airlines; petro-chemical and pharmaceutical companies; Government and Local Authorities; IT, computer, electronics and engineering businesses; and household high street names.

PMMS has its finger on the pulse of global business. The Group works with an extensive network of consultants around the world, operating out of nine offices - Lytham and Gatwick in the UK; Toronto in North America; Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in Asia; Sydney and Melbourne in Australia; and Auckland in New Zealand. This means we offer global reach with local knowledge and expertise.

PMMS has established specialist divisions for services such as consultancy, recruitment, negotiation, skills development and e-procurement, offering leading edge advice on purchasing upgrading, change management, outsourcing, benchmarking, upskilling purchasing personnel, online learning, producing winning tenders and writing strategic proposals.

PMMS strengths

Consultancy
The strength and success of PMMS rests on our ability to deliver truly world class, leading edge, high quality resource management expertise - achieved by the component parts of our total purchasing consultancy, through:

• developing purchasing and resource management techniques
• developing and implementing step change programmes and improvements to organisations
• initiating a high calibre benchmarking technique - a ‘best practice’ review of people and processes
• consultants who are experienced in purchasing - they have real life knowledge of the buyer/seller interface

Negotiation
To win deals, people need to negotiate with confidence. Here is how Negotiation Resource International (a division of PMMS) can help:

• practical and effective workshops
• one-to-one coaching for top management
• preparation for ‘live’ negotiations
• advice on deal preparation and planning
• proven negotiation tactics, with do’s and don’ts

Skills Development
We can help organisations create a winning team by upgrading the knowledge and skills of personnel through innovative solutions and by proven methods. Using our seven stage diagnostic process, we identify the needs of an organisation and its people then deliver a solution to meet those requirements, including tutor-led programmes and training workshops, self-development techniques, personal mentoring and integrated, multi-faceted programmes.

Recruitment
The right people give an organisation the edge in an increasingly competitive business environment. PMMS knows how to recognise and source top performing professionals who can make a real difference. We offer a complete portfolio of recruitment services, from search and selection, through assessment and development centres, to retention and training. Many companies outsource the whole issue of recruitment - they control the process but PMMS manages it. We also offer interim management, supplying short-term professionals or project managers.

E-procurement
The correct implementation of e-procurement helps lead to more cost-effective and efficient procurement of goods and services as well as providing accurate and effective information. The use of appropriate technology enables companies to put effective supply arrangements in place and subsequently manage supplier performance better. PMMS can help you implement the right e-procurement strategy for your organisation.

Trust us - these companies did!
We are widely used in the finance world, successfully working for many banks, building societies, financial services and auditing institutions. PMMS helped a major financial institution save over £250m by undertaking an innovative approach to IT procurement. In the North American financial services sector we enabled a company to reorientate its procurement team into a high value added team using a wide range of analytical techniques. Three years into the change programme they had benefits of more than 50:1.

Contact details
PMMS Consulting Group
PO Box 4
Lytham FY8 2EL
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1253 795 177
pmms.uk@pmms-group.com
www.pmms-group.com