Supplier Management

Supplier management, getting the best deals for supplies and services
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Oneresource’s virtual supplier management could be the perfect solution if you don’t have the time to regularly find the right products and services at the right price.

As your supplier management virtual assistant, we can keep track of all your supply requirements.

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Evaluate suppliers and negotiate the best deal

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Manage inventory, reorder points, delivery and payment.

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Research raw materials, specialised services or even office equipment

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Quality check supplies and services for final approval

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Manage supplier and contractor performance

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Why not let our supplier management services do the legwork for you?

Give us the parameters and we’ll talk to suppliers and providers to find you the best possible deals for you to choose from.

Keep on top of suppliers and sourcing

All businesses need supplies – from straightforward stationery to raw materials or specialist instruments. Whatever your business needs, it can be time-consuming to research and qualify the suppliers you use, and then to manage the ongoing relationship. Small business owners simply don’t have the time to do everything, which is why it’s beneficial to find someone you can outsource this work to.

How does it work?

You certainly need to influence the choice of supplier – it’s your business that is going to be paying them, after all. But that doesn’t mean you have to do all the legwork. You might have suppliers you already know, or who are recommended by contacts you trust, but you’ll still need to gather the initial information, get cost and delivery comparisons, and look at service levels. There are better ways for you to use your time than spending ages online or on the phone gathering this information. Our outsourced supplier management services can help you with:

Research – gathering all the relevant information and putting it into a format that lets you see exactly what is on offer from each supplier. This helps you to make an informed decision, knowing you have access to the latest information

Illustration of supplier management services provided by Oneresource
Illustration of supplier management services provided by Oneresource

Relationship building – a good outsourced service will start to build a good relationship with a potential supplier right from the start. It will represent your business professionally, so that by the time you are introduced to the chosen supplier, there is already a good, trusted connection in place.

Inventory management – once you have chosen a supplier, you may need to add them to your supplier management system, which may include inventory management or stock control. If you don’t have this type of system in place, an outsource service could also organise one for you, so that you can see when stock is getting low, manage invoices and payments, and keep track of supplier performance.

Re-ordering and adding new suppliers – used on an ongoing basis, our supplier management service can look after all your re-ordering for you and can also help you find new suppliers, replace existing suppliers or help with resourcing a new product or service that requires a completely new supply chain.

Professional Experience

If finding and managing suppliers is a headache for you, why not consider an outsourced supply manager? We have years of professional experience and can help you to keep everything under close control – contact us today to find out more.

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Keep on top of suppliers and sourcing

It can be time-consuming to research, qualify and manage ongoing supplier relationships – time that some small business owners simply don’t have. So why not find someone to outsource this to instead?

FAQs

Need answers to your most burning questions? You’ll find them covered in plenty of detail below.

What are product sourcing services?

Service and product sourcing services are provided remotely by Oneresource. We employ experienced virtual assistants to support a small number of clients each with a range of day-to-day tasks. These tasks may include, researching services or supplies, evaluating suppliers and negotiating the best deals, quality checking supplies and services for final approval, managing inventory and supplier or contractor performance.

What does supplier management involve?

A Oneresource virtual supplier management assistant can cover a whole range of tasks but typically these include:

  • Evaluating suppliers and negotiating the best deals
  • Managing inventory, reorder points, delivery and payments.
  • Researching raw materials, specialised services or even office equipment
  • Quality checking supplies and services for final approval
  • Managing supplier and contractor performance

Of course, there are many other tasks, in addition to this, that a Oneresource virtual assistant can support clients with!

Why hire a virtual supplier management assistant versus an office based employee?

A Oneresource virtual supplier management assistant can provide benefits that a traditional in-house employee would struggle to achieve. For example:

  • Oneresource’s product sourcing services provide cover when your dedicated employee is on holiday
  • Oneresource employs a significantly rigorous recruitment process on your behalf so there is no need for you to spend time and money doing it.
  • With a virtual supplier management assistant, you can access better talent that might not normally have been available if you were to employ directly.
  • Our virtual assistants log time to the minute so you are only charged for productive working time and they are employed by us so there’s no need to deal with employment regulations and paperwork yourself

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