Procurement and supply chain operations

Solutions / Procurement Consulting

Cut procurement costs by 20%. Build a function that survives the next crisis.

For MSMEs and growing companies: immediate, measurable savings from the spend you already have - and a resilient supply base that keeps you running when markets break.

20%

Overall procurement savings

$1B

Spend managed at Linde

<30 days

To your first savings map

The problem

Where your margin is leaking

Most companies lose money in procurement quietly, every month, in the same six places. Finding them is the fastest savings a business can make.

Maverick buying

Purchases outside contracts and processes, at whatever price the day offers.

Redundant vendors

Three suppliers for the same item - none with the volume to give you their best price.

Price creep

Repeat purchases drifting upward year after year because nobody re-benchmarks.

Single-supplier risk

One critical vendor fails and your production line stops with them.

No spend visibility

Spend scattered across ledgers and spreadsheets - you cannot save what you cannot see.

Founder-led buying

Leadership time consumed by negotiations a system should be winning for you.

The outcome

Savings now. Resilience that compounds.

Immediate savings

Cash you can see this quarter.

  • AI spend analytics that map every rupee and dollar in weeks
  • Renegotiation and benchmarking of your biggest categories
  • Redundant vendors consolidated for real volume leverage
  • Maverick, off-contract buying stopped with simple controls

Long-term resilience

A department ready for the next disruption.

  • Vendor development that turns suppliers into partners
  • Dual sourcing and risk cover for critical categories
  • Sustainable procurement embedded in sourcing decisions
  • Crisis playbooks proven when COVID broke global supply

How it works

From first session to lasting savings

Step 1

Diagnose - free session

A structured conversation about your spend, suppliers, and pain points. Within 30 days you get a savings map: sized opportunities, ranked by speed and value.

Step 2

Capture quick wins

The fastest opportunities executed in 60-90 days: renegotiations, vendor consolidation, and controls that stop the leaks - typically funding everything that follows.

Step 3

Fortify for the long term

Vendor development, category strategies, and AI-driven monitoring so savings hold - and your supply base gets stronger every quarter.

Amit Bhowmik, cofounder of SageLens

Who you work with

Amit Bhowmik

Cofounder - ex-Head of Procurement, Linde

Amit led procurement at Linde with $1B in annual spend under management and is a prominent figure in South Asian procurement leadership. When COVID broke global supply chains, he kept life-critical gas supply moving through a world in crisis - resilience built on data, not luck.

His approach combines data and AI with three decades of negotiation-table experience: sustainable procurement, vendor development, and the elimination of maverick and redundant spend - delivering 20% overall procurement savings across multiple organizations.

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Who it is for

Built for companies at every stage

MSMEs and growing businesses

No dedicated procurement team, founder-led buying, and suppliers who have never been challenged. The biggest percentage gains start here.

Mid-market companies

Purchasing exists but strategy does not. Build your first professional procurement function without hiring an entire department.

Enterprises

A mature team ready for its next edge: AI spend analytics, predictive risk monitoring, and sustainable sourcing at scale.

Common questions

Before you book

We're a small company - is this really for us?+

Yes. MSMEs often have the most to gain: the leaks are the same as in large companies, but nobody has ever looked for them systematically. The program scales to your size - no big-company overhead, just the playbook applied to your spend.

How quickly will we see savings?+

The first savings map is typically ready within 30 days of the diagnosis session, and quick wins - renegotiations, vendor consolidation, stopping off-contract buying - are usually captured inside 90 days.

Will this disrupt our operations?+

No. The work starts from your existing data and suppliers. Changes are sequenced so supply continuity always comes first - resilience is the point, not a casualty.

What happens in the first session?+

A focused conversation about your spend: where it goes, who it goes to, and where the likely leaks are. You leave with a clear view of whether there is a savings case worth pursuing - no obligation either way.

Find your 20%. Book a session with Amit.

A 30-minute conversation about your spend and where it leaks. You leave with a clear next step - whether or not you work with us.

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