Sourcing

IT sourcing to solve your business and IT challenges

Today, IT is increasingly expected to align to, and enable, the wider business objectives. Often, that requires change, restructure, and rationalisation.

The sourcing strategies you implement will drive performance and delivery value to your business.

But it’s a complex marketplace, so defining the right way forward can be difficult. We can support you, from making headline decisions about your sourcing strategy, to managing the intricacies of procurement and negotiation.

End–to–end sourcing support, from the strategy to the small print 

Our wealth of IT sourcing experience will support you at every step, from designing the sourcing strategy to executing the details. Our services will help you:

Make the big decisions: by optimising your approach so that your IT sourcing strategy and model deliver your goals. We’ll provide independent guidance on key questions – such as whether to buy in or develop in-house – aligning the answers to your organisational priorities.

Identify the right solutions: helping you to plan the sourcing process, develop requirements, engage with the marketplace, test assumptions, and shortlist the best suppliers to meet your needs.

Ensure value for money: leveraging the right technologies, such as cloud, economies of scale, and beneficial terms, with no nasty surprises down the road.

Run effective procurement: deploying our extensive knowledge of procurement best practice, frameworks, compliance, and effective tactics to get to the heart of what suppliers can offer.

Navigate challenges and realise benefits: working collaboratively with clients and suppliers through an agile sourcing process that adapts to changing needs and market dynamics. We help manage risks, build strong relationships, and ensure flexibility so that agreements continue to deliver value over time. By fostering open communication and iterative decision-making, we enable you to unlock innovation and drive continuous improvement.

Negotiate contracts: ensuring your agreements drive the right outcomes by embedding relevant performance measures—such as SLAs and KPIs—that hold suppliers accountable, promote service excellence, and align with your strategic goals. We anticipate and address every eventuality so that you choose the solution that delivers not just financially, but technically and culturally, for your organisation.

Mobilise suppliers: ensuring that, once the ink is dry, the agreed terms become reality. We’ll support you to plan quick mobilisation, manage risks, track progress, control costs, and ensure smooth implementation.

Benchmark and assure existing contracts: when arrangements simply aren’t delivering, our independent view is invaluable in renegotiating areas like service descriptions, governance mechanisms, roles and responsibilities, costs, and terms & conditions.

If you would like to speak to one of our Sourcing, email contact@masonadvisory.com to discuss further. Find out more about our services.