Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
Category strategies, competitive tenders and expert negotiation that release savings and value your finance team can bank.
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Strategic Sourcing Advisory
Turn third-party spend into a lasting competitive advantage.
We help leadership teams source smarter, de-risk their supply base and build procurement capability that keeps delivering long after we leave.
Why Meridian
Senior expertise, applied where it counts.
We are deliberately small. Every engagement is led by a partner with more than fifteen years of sourcing leadership inside global organisations — no pyramid of junior consultants, no generic playbooks. Just clear analysis, hard-won market knowledge and a relentless focus on outcomes your CFO will recognise.
- Spend under management advised
- $4.2bn
- Average validated savings
- 11.8%
- Countries sourced from
- 27
- Clients who re-engage us
- 92%
Specialisms
Three areas where we make the biggest difference
Our work concentrates on the decisions that move margin, resilience and capability the furthest.
Supplier Risk & Resilience
Map critical dependencies, build resilience into your supply base and meet rising ESG and due-diligence expectations.
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Operating model, governance, technology and capability building that turn procurement into a strategic partner.
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How we work
A proven, evidence-led approach
Diagnose
Spend cube, market and stakeholder analysis to find where value and risk truly sit.
Design
Category strategies and sourcing plans built around your business priorities.
Deliver
Hands-on support through tenders, negotiations and supplier transitions.
Embed
Governance, tools and coaching so results are sustained by your own team.
Insights
Latest thinking
China Plus One: what actually works in 2026
Diversifying away from single-country dependency is now standard advice. Executing it without eroding cost and quality is much harder.
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Five questions to answer before your next RFP
Most disappointing tenders fail before the first supplier is invited. These five questions prevent the most common mistakes.
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Supplier due diligence is now a board issue
New due-diligence laws are turning supplier risk management from a procurement task into a governance obligation.
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A 45-minute confidential conversation with a partner is often enough to identify where the biggest opportunities are.