Procurement and supplier-cost execution
Take operating cost out. Put margin back.
Rooney Advisors helps manufacturers, distributors, food and beverage companies, and other product businesses find avoidable supplier cost, execute important sourcing work, and add experienced procurement capacity when it is needed.
Why supplier cost deserves attention
Supplier spend is too large a margin lever to manage informally.
For product businesses, small improvements across a large external cost base can matter more than substantial new revenue. The opportunity still has to be proven from company data and implemented without weakening quality, service, or continuity.
of shipment value
Supplier-related materials, contract work, resales, fuel, and electricity represented roughly 55% of U.S. manufacturing shipment value in the Census-based 2021 data reported by NIST.
of small employers
Cited rising costs of goods, services, or wages as a financial challenge in the Federal Reserve Banks’ 2024 Small Business Credit Survey.
of revenue at a 10% margin
Produces the same pre-tax profit as $500,000 in recurring cost reduction, before implementation costs. This is arithmetic, not a promised savings rate.
Sources and calculation: 55% = $3.341T of supplier-related production inputs divided by $6.080T of manufacturing shipments. NIST, Annual Report on the U.S. Manufacturing Economy: 2025, Table 3.1, using U.S. Census Bureau data. Rising-cost finding: Federal Reserve Banks, 2025 Report on Employer Firms. Business results vary by spend profile, market conditions, scope, and implementation.
Ways to engage
Start where the business actually needs help.
A defined assessment, a sourcing priority that needs to move, or ongoing procurement ownership. Each engagement has a clear scope, accountable execution, and a management-ready outcome.
14-Day Diagnostic Sprint
Find and quantify avoidable supplier cost before management commits to a larger savings effort.
Explore the sprintStrategic Sourcing Projects
Get a critical sourcing event, supplier negotiation, or category priority structured and executed properly.
Explore project supportFractional Procurement Leadership
Add hands-on procurement ownership and execution without building another full-time department.
Explore fractional supportThe business problem
Supplier costs rise. Important renewals arrive. Sourcing work competes with everything else. The opportunity is often real, but nobody has the time or ownership to move it.
- Pricing, fees, freight, and commercial terms have not been challenged consistently
- A major contract or supplier decision needs more structure and leverage
- Growth has outpaced purchasing discipline and spend visibility
- The internal team is capable but stretched across too many priorities
- The business needs procurement capability but not another full-time hire
What Rooney Advisors brings
Facts that force a decision. Execution that lands the result.
The work follows the economics from spend and supplier terms through negotiation, implementation, and management control.
Clean spend visibility
Build a defensible view of suppliers, categories, contracts, invoices, and demand.
Commercial challenge
Pressure-test pricing, fees, market alternatives, payment terms, rebates, and risk allocation.
Structured execution
Move from the business requirement through market engagement, evaluation, negotiation, and award.
Implementation discipline
Define owners, decisions, actions, and controls so that negotiated value reaches the business.
A practical first conversation
Already know what needs attention?
You do not need to begin with the Diagnostic Sprint. Bring the supplier, contract, category, or capacity problem and Rooney Advisors will recommend the smallest sensible engagement.
Start with the business need