Better at the part of the job nobody trained you for.
Top-tier advice and support, usually reserved for large companies. Coaching brings it to executives, operations people and procurement teams in small and mid-market businesses. Bring the supplier, the price rise or the contract on your desk, and work it through with someone who has done it on 130+ projects.
Whoever does the buying, whatever the title.
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Executives
CEO, GM, CFO or COO. You own the number. Buying well is part of it, and you don’t have a procurement team.
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Operations people
Operations, supply chain or finance. You do the buying as part of your job, without the title.
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Procurement people
You want to be the first call when a decision is made, not the last.
Your work, not a curriculum.
- 1:1, or a small group from your team. You bring the live problem; we work it through together.
- Fortnightly by default, with messages in between, or a rhythm agreed with you.
- Confidential. Nothing you share is referenced outside without your permission.
- It starts with a call, to see whether coaching is the right fit for what you’re facing.
Typically $5K to $15K a year
For 1:1 coaching, depending on the number of sessions, the tenure and the level of support. Small groups from one company are priced for that team.
Start with one problem. Go further when it’s worth it.
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Coaching
One problem at a time, on your live work, 1:1 or with your team.
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A team program
Million Dollar Week or Headway, when your team needs to deliver a pipeline or a live project, with a guarantee.
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That Procurement Project
When you’d rather have the work done for you, with the price agreed up front.
What it was like.
“Ashokk genuinely cares about the development of the people he coaches, a rare quality in most mentors. He has great subject matter expertise, and he always believed my success was his success.”
DJ BajajPartner, Kearney“What I learned about structured thinking and solving complex problems continues to help me in my career today.”
Adil FaroukHead of Procurement, Strategy & Operations, Crown ResortsBefore you book.
A confidential call first, to see whether coaching fits what you’re facing.
I’m not in procurement. Is this for me?
Yes. Most of the people who do the buying in a small or mid-market business aren’t in procurement: executives, operations, supply chain and finance people. Coaching works on the supplier, the contract or the decision on your desk, whatever your title.
How is this different from The Practice?
The Practice is one live group hour every Friday with fifty peers. Coaching is personal: it works on your own problems, 1:1 or with a small group from your team, at a rhythm agreed with you.
Is it confidential?
Yes. Nothing you share is referenced outside without your permission.
Do you help with CIPS?
Yes. CIPS study support is coaching alongside your CIPS study, with each module applied to your live work. It’s also for people who already hold MCIPS. Procurement Superheroes is independent of CIPS and isn’t a study centre.
What does it cost?
1:1 coaching is typically $5K to $15K a year, depending on the number of sessions, the tenure and the level of support. Small groups from one company are priced for that team.
What happens when the work gets bigger?
It can become a team program, Million Dollar Week or Headway, or a That Procurement Project engagement if you’d rather have the work done for you. We’ll say which, straight.