Who makes, better yet who does not make buying decisions at your company?
Today’s post is by Ronald D. Southard, CEO at SafeSourcing Inc.
That is a two-sided question, isn’t it? When a product or service is under contract, and someone is then assigned the issuing of P.O.’s or ordering from a contract, they are not the buyer? And what if other parts of your company do not come to that person when they run out of something? Let us say it is as simple as copy paper. How do you are Work from Home associates restock when they run out? This is a pretty simple issue to address, however, most do not, and all of your negotiations buy an actual buyer, not user are wasted.
Maverick buying refers to any company or employee purchase that does not meet a company’s purchasing policy. This includes using off-contract methods of procurement and non-authorized purchases. Also called Rogue Purchasing, Maverick buying, for example, is when employees buy office articles at the local store around the corner instead of from the supplier with whom the company has negotiated a framework agreement and, therefore, specific discounts. Maverick buying makes the agreement with the supplier more expensive because the volume of the framework agreement is decreased or the goods are purchased at too high a price.
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