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We save you time, by finding, qualifying and managing suppliers for your projects so you don’t have to.

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I’ve been wrong about a lot.

Not small stuff either.
Things I would have argued with anyone about.

The one that cost me the most was thinking I could just work harder.

Longer days, more of everything, and it would eventually work out.

It doesn’t.

You can only out-work yourself for so long.

The actual unlock was getting people around me who are better than I am at the things I’m average at.

The one that surprised me most was my health.

I had it dead last for years.

Business first, always! 💪🏽

Everything else if there was time left.

Then I flipped it, and the business grew faster than it ever had while I was grinding myself into the ground for it.

I now know it comes down to focus.

But I could only be truly focused if my mind and body were sharp.

And the one I’m almost embarrassed about is marketing 🤦🏽‍♂️

I genuinely thought it was for people whose product wasn’t good enough to sell itself and that you couldn’t do it for service based businesses.

Turns out if nobody knows who you are, nobody gets the chance to find out how good you are.

And I am sure that there will be six more next year.

Pirra

#foundprocurement by @foundprocurement

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Any chance someone has a 10-20ft site office to hire for a 6+ month project in Carnarvon WA.

Required onsite as soon as possible.

Please contact me if you or anyone you know may be able to help.

Thank you.

Kit - 0456779137
Kit@foundprocurement.com.au
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Most companies only see the tip of Procurement’s work
the quote, the PO, the visible 10%.

But the real value?
It lives under the surface.

That’s where Procurement:
✔ protects the business from supplier risk
✔ prevents bad contracts and costly mistakes
✔ aligns scope before it becomes rework
✔ negotiates value, not just price
✔ manages timelines, delivery, and expectations
✔ keeps operations moving when things go wrong

This is the part no one sees…
until it fails.

At Found Procurement, we make that invisible work visible,
so businesses understand, trust, and finally value what Procurement really brings to the table.

Because strategic impact doesn’t happen at the surface.
It happens below it.

👇 What’s the “hidden work” your team does that no one notices? by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

Every Procurement team knows this search all too well… 😅

Requests that arrive with:
❌ No specs
❌ No quantities
❌ No context
…yet the deadline is still “today”.

The truth?
Procurement isn’t slow, the inputs are broken.

And until someone fixes the upstream chaos, Procurement will always be expected to perform miracles with missing information.

That’s why Found Procurement exists:
to bring clarity, structure, and sanity back into the buying process, so your team isn’t relying on Google to decode impossible requests.

Because clear requests = fast decisions.
Fast decisions = real impact.

What’s the wildest request you’ve ever received? 👇 by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

Most teams say they want to become “strategic”…
but their metrics keep them stuck in operational mode.

At Found Procurement, we see the same pattern everywhere:

➡️ Teams celebrate activity instead of influence.
➡️ Reports highlight effort instead of outcomes.
➡️ Stakeholders don’t feel the strategic value, because it isn’t being measured.

That’s why elite procurement teams look different.
Not because they work harder… but because they measure smarter.

They track the signals that actually move a business forward:
alignment, supplier power, risk visibility, performance momentum, and value creation.

This is where Found Procurement helps teams level up
transforming raw activity into real strategic impact.

When your metrics tell a better story,
your procurement function stops being “busy”…
and starts becoming a competitive advantage.

Ready to shift from effort → influence?
Let’s build a procurement engine your business can’t ignore. by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

Most procurement teams look at spend… but very few understand how to prioritize it.

The Kraljic Matrix is powerful because it forces a mindset shift:
Not all spend deserves equal time, attention, or negotiation effort.

Strategic items demand relationships.
Bottlenecks demand protection.
Leverage items demand performance.
Non-critical items demand automation.

When teams map their spend through this lens, their entire operating rhythm changes.
They stop reacting and start leading.

And that is where procurement begins to influence the business, not just support it.

If you had to strengthen ONE quadrant in your organisation today, which one would create the biggest impact? 👇
#FoundProcurement #Procurement #SupplyChain #Sourcing #KraljicMatrix #StrategicProcurement #Operations #BusinessStrategy by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

2026 is going to separate procurement teams into two groups:

Those who keep up with the business…
and those who slow the business down.

The difference won’t be technology alone.
It will be the teams who know how to use it to move faster, reduce friction and guide decisions with clarity.

Velocity + experience is the new competitive advantage.

Teams that act fast, simplify the buying journey, and influence stakeholders with clear insight will lead the function.
Those who rely on old processes and slow cycles will fall behind.

Procurement is evolving from a gatekeeper to an enabler and the ones who embrace this shift will have more impact than ever before.

Which of these two capabilities does your organisation need to strengthen the most? 👇
#FoundProcurement #Procurement #2026Trends #SupplyChain #Operations #StrategicSourcing #BusinessStrategy #ProcurementExcellence by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

Choosing between Time & Materials and Fixed Price isn’t really about cost, it’s about risk, change, and how much clarity your project actually has at the start.

Most teams pick a contract model too early, without evaluating how often scope shifts, how predictable the work really is, and whether the supplier has delivered something similar before.

The result?
Projects get locked into a structure that doesn’t match reality.

A better approach is to choose the contract type based on expected volatility:

-If scope will evolve, you need flexibility.
-If scope is stable, you need predictability.

The model must fit the behaviour of the project, not the other way around.

At Found, we help teams align contracts with real-world delivery conditions so budgets, schedules and expectations stay grounded instead of optimistic.

Which contract type does your organisation default to and does it actually match how your projects run? 👇

#FoundProcurement #Procurement #ProjectManagement #SupplyChain #RiskManagement #Contracts #Operations by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

Every procurement team knows this moment:

A request arrives looking “urgent”…
but the details are missing, the specs are unclear, and half the information never made it into the email.

And somehow the expectation is still:
“Can you get me a quote today?”

Most delays don’t come from suppliers, they come from unclear inputs that force procurement to decode the request before the work even starts.

At Found, we turn vague, incomplete requests into clear, supplier-ready briefs so projects stop losing time before procurement even begins.

Clarity isn’t optional, it’s the difference between a smooth process and a slow one.

#FoundProcurement #Procurement #SupplyChain #Operations #ProjectManagement #Sourcing by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

Projects don’t break overnight, they break slowly, through small symptoms that go unnoticed until the delay is already baked in.

Re-quotes, wrong specs, missing details, urgent requests, supplier confusion…
Procurement sees these warning signs long before anyone else does.

And the teams that move fastest aren’t the ones working harder, they’re the ones who stabilise the process early.

At Found, we clean the inputs, align the teams, control the scope and coordinate the entire chain behind each request.
Because when the process is healthy, the delivery becomes predictable.

Healthy procurement → Healthy projects.

#FoundProcurement #Procurement #SupplyChain #ProjectManagement #Operations #RiskManagement by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

AI won’t replace procurement, but it will make collaboration, negotiation and cross-team alignment easier.

These 7 prompts help teams communicate clearer, negotiate smarter and cut hours of back-and-forth.

Which one would you try first? 👇

#FoundProcurement #Procurement #AI #SupplyChain #Negotiation #Collaboration #Operations by @foundprocurement

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10 months ago

Most procurement mistakes don’t come from bad suppliers, they come from unconscious biases that distort how teams interpret information.

Confirmation bias, anchoring, group think, sunk cost…
These mental shortcuts influence supplier selection, negotiation strategy, risk perception, and even contract renewals.

If procurement wants better outcomes, it must first understand how decisions are actually being made.

Which bias do you think impacts procurement the most? 👇
#FoundProcurement #Procurement #SupplyChain #DecisionMaking #CognitiveBias #Sourcing #Operations by @foundprocurement

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