We are business controllers, specialised in supplier conditions and sets of conditions. We apply our financial know-how to structurally improve your purchasing processes and results, rendering them manageable.
For the Recovery project, we worked with Recentes, with the aim of investigating missed bonuses and price differentials within the GP Groot Group. We are very satisfied with their professional and structured approach. The investigation showed that our processes are largely in order, confirming our internal quality assurance. Nevertheless, Recentes managed to discover a valuable leak in the area of duplicate payments - a finding that was outside the original scope. Thanks to this discovery, we have implemented additional controls to mitigate this risk in the future. The remaining processes were assessed as robust and requiring no adjustments. This is partly due to the strong collaboration between the Procurement (pictured), Controlling and divisional departments. We appreciate Recentes' thorough approach and warmly recommend them for similar projects.
Nanda PlegingPurchasing managerGP Groot
A completely new strategic vision
A franchisor, second largest in their branch
A set of conditions comprises a number of agreements and contracts, designed to register the nature of financial flows in a chain (generally a franchise chain) and the revenue and costs applicable to each chain partner. Such a set therefore contains agreements on pricing, subsequent conditions, logistics arrangements, financing of the format, marketing costs, deployment of marketing instruments and much more.
One of our clients decided to implement a completely new strategic vision in their set of conditions. In the past, the franchisor played the role of wholesaler and the (franchise) clients that of the retailers. This resulted in conflicting interests, and frequent disagreements regarding the division of available margins on products. Thus a great deal of energy was wasted and the brand damaged.
A new strategy was implemented: from then on, the interests would be balanced by reaching agreements on sharing the Overall Margin (OM). This includes not only the store margin but also any other discounts and payments from the supplier. By agreeing on a fixed share ratio, the franchisor [..]