Tenet Consulting

Strategic Sourcing with a Client-Driven Point of View

Tenet starts where others don’t: with your perspective.

Our strategic sourcing approach aligns with your reality, not a predetermined plan that fits nicely into a PowerPoint deck. Our team brings experience from both sides of the table—client and consultant—to deliver results that hit your P&L and stay there. We work side by side with your team, building capability and unlocking savings that result in a 6–15x ROI, leaving you with a sustainable sourcing strategy built to last well beyond our engagement.

There’s No Better Time Than Now

to Launch a Strategic Sourcing Initiative

  • Input Costs Rising & Budgets Under Scrutiny: the right time to launch a strategic sourcing initiative is during times of elevated inflation and restricted access to capital.
  • Supplier Consolidation & Market Shifts: navigate pressure while strengthening your supply chain.
  • Fragmented, Decentralized Spend & Reactive Buying: Build Enterprise-wide visibility and make the transformative move from transactional to strategic.
  • Supplier Proliferation and Uncertainty: reset the base, create competition, and regain leverage.
  • Volatile Transportation & Logistics: realign modes, lanes, and partners for reliable execution.
Supply chain consulting team auditing warehouse inventory as part of strategic sourcing

Tenet Consulting - Unlock Savings In Your Supply Chain

Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Transformation—a reset for how your business creates value, grounded in process rigor, cross-functional training, and results realized in the P&L.

Focus areas: 

  • Direct Materials: quality, continuity of supply, and optimized total cost of ownership.
  • Indirect Materials: data-driven approach to savings, compliance, and risk reduction.
  • Transportation & Logistics: truckload, LTL, intermodal, ocean, air, and small parcel.

Our Clients Have Saved Over One Billion

From Fortune 100 manufacturers to mid-market leaders, Tenet delivers sourcing strategies with speed, transparency, and realized cost savings for our clients across a diverse number of industries.

Challenge

Declining margins, fragmented sourcing across engineering and product teams, and supplier issues during pandemic disruptions

Results

  • $260M in annualized savings
  • 14% direct material cost reduction
  • 12X ROI on consulting engagement
  • 200+ team members trained in strategic sourcing
  • 25%+ supplier rationalization with upgraded performance contracts

Challenge

Margin pressure from aggressive competition, an under-leveraged procurement team, and unmanaged tail spend

Results

  • $165M annualized savings (13% savings)
  • 50% delivery improvement vs. incumbent suppliers during pandemic
  • 40% quality lift from newly selected strategic suppliers
  • Stronger resilience through performance-based contracts

Powersports Manufacturer

Seven Steps. One Outcome: Realized Value.
Positioning your business for long-term profitable growth starts with clarity, greater competition among suppliers, and reduced complexity. Our structured, repeatable process is the foundation—and it leads to measurable results. It’s how we’ll transform your sourcing into a true strategic advantage.

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Supplier Research

Expand your options, increase leverage, and set the stage for lasting positive change. We evaluate the global market to identify qualified suppliers, create competitive pressure, and unlock new strategic sourcing opportunities.

TENET CONSULTING DELIVERS
RESULTS BY MAKING REAL

Impact

This became the biggest program in the company. Nothing else comes close in impact. It’s a cash machine—first from cost savings, then from innovation.

Tom Verbaeten
Chief Supply Chain Officer at CNH Industrial

Build Supply Chain Expertise That Outlasts Our Engagement

We go beyond bottom-line savings. We build capability. Every engagement includes hands on training and sourcing tools, equipping you with a proven methodology to make sure your team can keep creating value, independently, confidently, and effectively.

Your team gains the sourcing capabilities to keep winning. Whether you’re restructuring legacy contracts or scaling new supplier partnerships, we meet you where you are—and move you forward.

Strategic Sourcing Methodology:

Category strategy, process mastery, and decision-making frameworks

Executive Presentation Skills:

Supplier communication and stakeholder alignment

Site Visit Assessment:

On-site capability analysis and manufacturing evaluation

Strategic Negotiations

Deal strategy, preparation, and commercial optimization

What You Can Expect:

  • Recognized Strategic Sourcing Experts
    With decades of experience, unwavering integrity, and a passion for making a difference
  • 10-25% Annualized Cost Reduction
    Report progress and savings with our KPI dashboards
  • 60-80% Supplier Rationalization
    Value beyond cost, we drive resiliency and innovation
  • 6-15x ROI
    Strong track record of delivering measurable savings

Ready to Transform Your Supply Chain Operations?

Does your business need step-function change, face disruption, or just ready to move beyond incremental gains?

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