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Strategic Procurement Advisory

Procurement that drives measurable value

We are not generalist advisors. We are procurement specialists who have led complex procurement functions and commercial programmes from within. We advise governments, giga-project developers, multinational corporations and private organisations on building stronger procurement strategies, making better commercial decisions, reducing risk and creating sustainable value.

Our work starts with evidence, not a standard playbook. We assess what is happening inside the organisation, identify where procurement can create the greatest impact, and build a solution around the organisation's priorities, operating reality and ambition.

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30 minutes · Confidential · No obligation · We will tell you if LUPRE is not the right fit.

Sectors
  • Energy
  • Water & Utilities
  • Infrastructure & Giga Projects
  • FMCG
  • Mining & Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • Telecommunications & Technology
  • Manufacturing & Aerospace
  • Aviation

Our Perspective

Why procurement strategy fails — and how we fix it

  • 01

    Commercial before Procurement

    Many organisations still underutilise procurement as a strategic commercial function. We help leadership reposition procurement as a driver of enterprise value—improving commercial performance, managing risk, and enabling better strategic decisions as organisational spend and complexity increase.

  • 02

    Strategy before Sourcing

    Sourcing without category strategy delivers short-term savings but creates long-term fragility. Every engagement begins with an honest assessment of where procurement creates the greatest commercial leverage—then we build the strategy, operating model, and capability to realise it.

  • 03

    Delivery before Presentation

    Our team has led procurement transformations across complex capital programmes and multinational organisations. We have served as Procurement Heads, category leaders, and commercial negotiators—bringing practical delivery experience rather than recommendations from the sidelines.

  • 04

    Outcomes before Activity

    Every engagement is structured around clearly defined performance measures—whether savings, capability, governance, or operating performance. Where appropriate, our commercial arrangements align with agreed outcomes rather than time spent. If success cannot be measured, it is not in scope.

LUPRE Pulse

Evidence before intervention

  • Stage 1

    Assess

    Score procurement maturity and establish an evidence-based view of the function.

  • Stage 2

    Quantify

    Size the spend and establish where commercial opportunity and exposure sit.

  • Stage 3

    Prioritise

    Rank opportunities by impact and create a clear decision agenda.

  • Stage 4

    Mobilise

    Translate the evidence into a sequenced plan that leadership can act on.

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How We Work

From insight to measurable impact

  1. 01

    Understand

    LUPRE Pulse establishes an evidence-based view of procurement performance, challenges and value opportunities.

  2. 02

    Prioritise

    We identify the highest-impact priorities and determine where intervention can create the greatest commercial and organisational value.

  3. 03

    Design

    We build the strategy, operating model, sourcing approach, governance framework or transformation roadmap around the organisation's specific needs.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    We support implementation, stakeholder adoption and performance tracking so that strategy translates into measurable results.

No standard playbook. Every engagement is shaped by the evidence.

Services

What we do

  • 01

    Procurement Strategy & Operating Model

    Operating model design, roadmaps, and category prioritisation aligned to organisational strategy.

  • 02

    Category Strategy & Commercial Optimisation

    Category strategies that build negotiating leverage and reduce supply risk across critical spend.

  • 03

    Strategic Sourcing & Tendering

    Complex tendering and negotiation for capital programmes and high-value service categories.

  • 04

    Contract & Commercial Advisory

    Commercial structures that allocate risk properly and reduce claims exposure.

  • 05

    Procurement Transformation

    Function redesign, change management, and capability building that outlasts the engagement.

  • 06

    AI & Digital Procurement

    Purposeful adoption of AI, spend analytics, and sourcing platforms that improve decisions.

  • 07

    Supplier Performance & Relationship Management

    Governance, KPIs, and relationship frameworks for strategically important suppliers.

  • 08

    Procurement Assurance & Governance

    Independent assurance over procurement governance, controls, maturity, and compliance.

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Sectors

Expertise where complexity is highest

We work in sectors where procurement decisions carry material regulatory, commercial, and reputational consequences — and where generic approaches produce avoidable risk.

Why Lupre

Experience changes the conversation.

Anyone can analyse procurement. We have led it.

What distinguishes LUPRE is that our advisors have held the leadership and delivery roles they now support. We have made difficult sourcing decisions, negotiated complex commercial agreements, defended recommendations before executive committees and led procurement change from within.

That experience allows us to combine independent judgement with practical delivery. We do not begin with a predetermined methodology or generic recommendation. We establish what is actually happening in the organisation, identify the commercial and organisational causes, and design the intervention around the evidence.

  • Practitioner-led
  • Evidence-led
  • Tailored, not templated
  • Strategy through implementation
  • Senior-led delivery

By the numbers

Typical first-event savings
12–18%
Capital programmes advised
$1B+
Every engagement starts with
Fixed-Scope Diagnostic

Case Studies

Recent engagements

PRIVATE ENTERPRISE | MULTI-COUNTRY OPERATIONS

Building a procurement function capable of supporting enterprise growth

USD 20M+
Spend Under Governance
End-to-End
Procurement Function Established
Trusted
Executive Advisory Partner

MINING | SOUTH AFRICA

Avoiding unnecessary capital expenditure through commercial feasibility and strategic sourcing

USD 11.66M
Capital Expenditure Avoided
6
Fleet Assets Retained
Expanded
Advisory Mandate

MULTI-SECTOR | PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION

Improving commercial outcomes through procurement standardisation

10%
Average Commercial Savings
100%
Procurement Documentation Standardised
Enhanced
Commercial Governance

Facing a comparable procurement decision?

We can walk you through how a similar engagement was scoped, delivered, and measured.

Our Team

Senior practitioners. Direct client accountability.

Meet the team →

  • Jared Martin

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    Jared is a senior procurement and commercial advisor with more than 15 years of experience leading complex procurement, commercial performance, and transformation work across governments, major programmes, and multinational organisations.

  • Faten Rehouma

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    Faten is a senior procurement professional with more than 10 years of experience across direct and indirect procurement, leading complex sourcing, governance, and transformation work for multinational organisations across Europe and the Middle East.

Insights

Procurement intelligence

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Viewpoint

AI in Procurement: From Automation to Commercial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing procurement — but its greatest value isn't simply in automating tasks. It's in enhancing commercial decision-making.

June 2025 · 6 min read

Global Reach

Where we operate

  • HEADQUARTERED

    Johannesburg, South Africa

  • REGIONAL PRESENCE

    Europe

  • REGIONAL PRESENCE

    Middle East

  • GLOBAL DELIVERY

    Remote Delivery & Associate Network

Remote-first. Global reach. Senior-led delivery.

Our advisory model is digital by design, enabling us to deliver specialist expertise efficiently across Europe, the Middle East, and globally. Engagements are delivered remotely or on-site through our senior advisors and trusted associate network, depending on project requirements.

Speak to an Advisor

The right procurement advice at the right commercial moment

Book a confidential 30-minute conversation with a senior LUPRE advisor. We will understand the decision or challenge, determine whether LUPRE can add value, and explain the most appropriate next step.

Discuss a procurement decision

30 minutes · Confidential · No obligation · We will tell you if LUPRE is not the right fit.

  • Book a 30-minute executive procurement review
  • Request a Procurement Health Check
  • Request a Rapid Procurement Diagnostic
  • Schedule a sector-specific briefing

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