Team of the Year Award
Winner:
Yorkshire Water
Team of the Year Award
Winner:
Yorkshire Water
Meet the winner
Commercial Services Team
Yorkshire Water has faced significant cost pressures since the beginning of 2020, triggering the need for a transformation of its procurement function.
Commercial Services had significant savings targets to hit, but its procurement capability was reactive, administrative, and decentralised, rather than focused on value delivery.
It has therefore introduced new processes and technologies and delivered training, which have improved speed and savings delivery.
Most significantly, Commercial Services has repositioned Procurement to be involved in wider strategic business decisions.
As a result, savings targets have been exceeded earlier than planned, and now total £100m for the current AMP7 cycle.
The other finalists
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“This entry made clear how work practices had changed and what the outcomes were for the business and key stakeholders.”