Do you know the current location and status of your critical components?
A comprehensive supply and value chain analysis can identify risks and hurdles in your supply chain.
Stratovate Consulting specializes in helping clients transform their supply chain organizations from tactical, reactive organizations into proactive, strategic, innovative organizations.
We employ proven strategic sourcing, category management processes, and critical thinking tools to analyze clients’ strengths and weaknesses and, develop and implement sustainable, innovative business strategies to support their current and future S&OP.
Global Category Manager’s Handbook
Are you a new procurement or category manager wanting to learn an overall framework for developing and implementing category strategies that stakeholders will embrace? Or an experienced procurement professional wanting to learn where you can improve your approach and raise your category strategy development and implementation to the next level? Are you a forward-looking procurement leader needing a playbook focused on coaching your team?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Global Category Manager’s Handbook could help you!
Our Services
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We provide training workshops designed to educate your supply chain personnel in the proven 5-step SEAK LLC category management process and Positive Purchasing’s Red Sheet Negotiation training.
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Most new category managers benefit from coaching. We recommend new category managers read the Global Category Manager’s Handbook before beginning the category management process. Coaching can then be arranged, either one-on-one or as a team and either face-to-face or virtual. Our goal is your successful implementation of the process and achieving your company’s strategic goals.
Meet the team and our partners
Stratovate Consulting collaborates with the following business partners to deliver effective and successful engagements to our clients. Please contact us to find out more.
José Hanagan
Founder
José founded Stratovate Consulting after many years in the supply chain and procurement industry as both a consultant and in management roles such as operations director and strategic sourcing/senior category manager. He has worked in and consulted for various industries including pharmaceuticals, healthcare technology, hospitality, kraft and industrial paper, consumer packaged goods, telecommunications/technology, utilities, banking and finance, and international air and ocean shipping operations. José served honorably in the United States Marine Corps, has a BA in Business Economics from California State University at Long Beach, an MBA from Golden Gate University, and has completed the Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains program at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He is certified in production and inventory management (CPIM) and is the co-author of the Global Category Manager’s Handbook.
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A small business consulting firm helping firms achieve commercial excellence by aligning people & processes with the business purpose. SEAK’s 5-stage category strategy development process yields strategies that deliver sustainable value.
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Combining expert training with effective programs and methods, Positive Purchasing can deliver a dramatic improvement in your company’s purchasing and procurement outcomes.