EFFSO

For everypurchasingprofessional

about eFFSoOur company was founded in 2007 by a team of skilled purchasing professionals. As a response to the accelerating globalization supplier markets become more and more complex, and so does the agenda of skilled purchasing professionals. The challenges today are far more demanding than they were only 10 years ago and therefore purchasing organizations are in constant need of development. We at EFFSO try to make life a little bit easier for

you and your organization, by providing services that are dealing with the most challenging issues in the purchasing area, such as finding skilled personnel, competence development and processes improve-ment. We always keep a close dialogue with our clients to stay updated on their specific needs, and with our consultants and skilled purchasing profes-sionals we can help you achieve amazing results. Our aim is simply to provide services for every pur-chasing professional.

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Skills Support

SkillSTo keep performance of your Purchasing organiza-tion at a competitive level, it is absolutely necessary to continuously improve the skills of your purchas-ing professionals. We at EFFSO like to do this in efficient and effective ways, so that you get the maximum improvement in your skills for every minute spent on an activity. Some of the services we provide are:

trainingIntense and tailor made training, with the aim to train activities that need to be improved in any part of the purchas-ing process. Examples of trainings can be a work-shop in strategic sourcing, a training session to improve negotiation preparations or a case study to develop a new supplier as-sessment.

SeminarsOur open seminars are practical and down to earth. We let people with good experience from real life and with good communicative skills, share their ex-perience with others. Most of our seminars contain both lectures and interactive parts.

CoachingWhen is the right time to take next step in your career? What is required of you to get more respon-sibility? To give purchasing professionals an op-portunity to find new inspiring goals in their future

career, we have coaches with unique experience in developing purchasing profession-

als, both on an organizational and an individual level. A coaching

program with them will give you just the support

you need to take on the next challenge.

round-tables (by invitation only)For some of our special clients we hold Round-Tables.

The purpose of these meetings is to

exchange experiences between purchasing profes-

sionals that are on the same level of responsibility. Many on

higher organizational levels feel that it is quite “lonely” in the top and that they simply don’t have time for their own development any more. A Round-Table with 10 to 15 persons where you can talk directly about you own actual challenges may be just what you need.

SearCHHave you ever searched for skilled purchasing pro-fessionals? So have many others with you. In fact, finding the right competence has repeatedly been pointed out as one of the greatest challenges for future purchasing organizations. So why not let us help you search for the right people?

Search assignmentsOur search assignments include a thorough pre-study to determine the competence profile and personality to be found. During the search phase EFFSO use their extensive network to find candi-dates for the actual position. With our profound competence of purchasing, we can assure you that our candidates are well equipped for the challenges they meet.

advertised recruitmentBy advertizing open positions your organization reaches out to the broad public. This may be a good complementary method in a recruitment process, but also requires deep knowledge in purchasing, both in the interview phase and in creating a com-petitive message to the persons you want to recruit. EFFSO can help you manage the whole process, from candidate profile, to administration and adver-tizing.

Competence assessmentWhen building competitive purchasing organiza-tions, it is extremely important to get the right mix of competences. With structured methods, we help you assess the competence of you personnel. By do-ing to this you can get a platform to systematically develop competence on group and individual level.

SupportAt times you may need to raise the level of activ-ity in your organization. This can be due to a large investment project, a reorganization, or simply because you lack resources. With our network of consultants we can provide you with resources at any level.

ConsultingOur experienced consultants help you develop your organization. They can assist in process improve-ment, strategy development, management work-shops or supplier base analysis. With the right help you can focus on the most important issues, and get your work done.

StaffingIf you need additional resources as a complement to your own organization, why not hire an experienced purchasing professional? With our broad network of purchasing professionals we can almost always find the right person, no matter if you look for a CPO or a Buyer.

interim ManagementAt times managers leave their positions and recruit-ing their replacers may take a while. It is important however, to keep the organization going to reach the targets, and to maintain stability and pace. An excellent solution is to let someone with similar experiences and with knowledge in purchasing and leadership take their place as an interim solution.

toolSEvery purchasing organization has their own tools, processes and methods. Some are well developed, but some are in bad shape and keep spreading more frustration than they solve problems. Developing tools and methods is time-consuming and requires focus but in reality there is never enough time and resources for development initiatives. With our set of tools, we have tried to create an easy way for purchasing organizations to improve.

Web based toolboxTo provide your organization with tools, methods and processes that are up-to-date and easily avail-

The EFFSO Shell.

able, we have created a full set of free purchasing tools on our website. To maintain a high level of development, we constantly receive new ideas from

our customers, on what they need to support their organization. If you use our tools, we look forward to extended and improved versions in return, so that others can gain from them also.

Our toolbox is divided into nine different areas as illustrated by the EFFSO Shell. The tools follow the new CEN Standard for Value Added Purchasing, CWA 15896-1.

Custom made toolsIf you have a unique problem in your purchasing or-ganization, why not let us help you develop a unique tool to handle it? Certainly there is a base to be found in some of our standard tools, and in combi-nation with our consultants tools, a solution for you can be developed in an effective way.

purchasing Competence tool. pCtTo make a self assessment of your own, or your organizations competence, we have developed a unique web based assessment tool for purchasing organizations. You can asses competence against five standard purchasing roles, Buyer, Purchaser, Strategic Purchaser/Commodity Manager, Purchas-ing Manager and CPO. The purpose is to get a better knowledge about personal competences and the requirements in different roles. Larger organiza-tions may want to use the tool as a basic platform, and make their own adaptations, according to their own purchasing roles. Of course we assist you in this process.

HeadquarterEFFSO

Ropstensslingan 11C

SE-115 42 STOCKHOLM

SWEDEN

+46 8 440 39 30

+46 8 663 32 01

info@effso.com

www.effso.com

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