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Developing On-Demand Talent Capabilities for Route-to-Market Initiatives

Written by: Flexing It 8/08/2024 4 minutes read
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Developing On-Demand Talent Capabilities for Route-to-Market Initiatives

Flexing It partnered with an American multinational consumer goods company, a leading manufacturer of food and pet care products, to develop on-demand talent capabilities for their Route-to-Market (RTM) initiatives. This multi-year partnership aimed to provide flexible, high-quality talent to support the company's global priorities, mainly focusing on the RTM team.

Key Partnership Highlights

  • Team Deployment: Flexing It onboarded and deployed a team of 25 consultants to support businesses in India and globally.
  • Top-Tier Vendor: Flexing It is recognised as a top-tier vendor for sourcing and engaging high-quality, on-demand talent.
  • Collaborative Efforts: The team collaborates with leaders in strategy, supply chain, procurement, logistics, finance, HR, and marketing.
  • Focus Areas: The support extends across regions, specifically emphasising Route-to-Market and Zero-Based Budgeting initiatives.

Procurement Analytics: Route-to-Market Initiative

Flexing It assembled a team of five experienced consultants to assist the Global Procurement Analytics Leader in overseeing the RTM mandate. The consultants bring skills in sales and marketing, supply chain management, and more.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

RTM and Go-to-Market Analytics:

  • Analyse data to provide insights addressing portfolio sales and supply chain challenges.
  • Support digital solutions, develop business opportunities, and suggest sales improvements.
  • Responsibilities include creating dashboards, mapping sales and performance metrics, and staying updated on new technologies.

Consultant selected: Seasoned professional with 7+ years of multi-disciplinary experience working across functions and geographies in the E-commerce, Food & FMCG industries.

Logistics Analytics:

  • Support business and market intelligence, data management, and metrics tracking.
  • Key tasks include spend and savings analysis, market research, and supplier evaluation.
  • Do a macroeconomic analysis and opportunity assessments, and enhance sourcing strategies through data visualisation. They must also be involved in KPI development, supporting strategic sourcing projects, and working on annual sourcing plans while developing performance metrics and tools for regional buyers.

Consultant selected: The Independent Consultant is a seasoned supply Chain Professional with 13 years of experience in Strategic Sourcing, CAPEX & OPEX Contracting & Procurement, Warehousing, Logistics and Analytics.

Ocean Freight Logistics Consultant:

  • Conduct macroeconomic and category spend analysis using internal and external data.
  • Partner with Category Managers for opportunity assessments, enhance sourcing strategies through market and supplier research and evaluate supplier competencies.
  • Provide data visualisation for insights, manage KPI projects, and support strategic sourcing projects. Additionally, develop performance metrics and collaborate on the annual sourcing plan.

Consultant selected: Experienced Supply Chain Professional with expertise in identifying and implementing cost-saving measures, deploying logistics control towers, and achieving substantial savings in global freight tenders.

Flexing It took charge of every aspect of talent sourcing and onboarding, from scoping and shortlisting to interviews and contract management. This strategic talent collaboration has enabled the firm to handle the growing demands of global businesses in Route-to-Market initiatives.

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