We help our clients achieve excellent performance in Source to Pay and we do it differently
Parade Consulting is a professional services company, specialising in the implementation of digital cloud based solutions for Finance and Procurement.
We pride ourselves on being different. We believe the market is moving away from the traditional packaged consulting offering and towards flexible, value driven resourcing solutions.
We tend to work with clients to help them agree at C-level the value case for digital transformation. Our service offering includes improvement and turnaround of existing systems and processes, organisational change and full life cycle implementations. We work flexibly alongside our partners to manage the functional system delivery, as well as supplementing expertise required internally for our clients to drive the change.
with a complete focus on delivering tangible bottom line benefit and top quartile performance for all our transformation engagements. We achieve this through:
We focus on what we do best. We have over twenty years of experience in Source to Pay solutions and have worked to develop and enhance several products on the market
Our approach is focused on end to end change management, always with the business stakeholders and value case in mind. We design processes and solutions innovatively and not only bring proven change tools but also provide skilled experts who can support and embed the operational change on the ground. Our post go live model goes beyond simply a few weeks of hand holding: we see the system through to leading performance, taking ownership for success metrics.
We operate a trusted associate model, leveraging a strong network group who have worked together over the past 15 years, to deliver highly experienced and talented consultants who are at the top of their chosen expert area, whether that is change management, process design, data and reporting or supplier management. Our consultants have proven delivery on prior successful Parade engagements.
We work with our clients to drive the value case both in terms of tangible bottom line savings and wider benefits to the business.
We have a globally scaleable team and partner model to implement across regions such as EMEA, APAC and AUS.
Our methodologies in strategic sourcing, compliance and benefits tracking have been adopted by big 4 consultancies as best in class and we have a track record in bottom line savings and budget reduction.
Whether it be AI, robotics, supply chain financing or virtual payments, we work with our technology partners to find the right solution to each problem statement.
Our view is ground level change is just as important as the strategy. Our embedding methodology means we help our clients well beyond bringing the technology live. We want to help our clients and their BAU teams see the results.
We have experience of improving performance across existing technologies. With a track record of top quartile performance and process best practice, our teams set clear targets and achieve them.
Coupa’s software incorporates a world-class, market-leading, cloud-based spend management technology that delivers exceptional results. As a Coupa implementation partner, we have built deep experience of the product and have delivered multiple case study projects. We have also successfully embedded Coupa across 25 countries.We are passionate about finding the right team for every engagement and providing flexible, cost effective means of supporting client success.
Parade offer a Coupa ‘spend management in a box’ which allows customers to implement at speed and at a very low cost with additional support & toolkits offered as part of our core packageThis packaged solution provides the following benefits:
We support clients with all aspects of the implementation, from change management and supplier enablement to master data transformation to process re-engineering to embedding and operational performance improvement. Our toolkits and methodologies are based on experience of making Coupa work with business stakeholders and users on the ground.
David is a Chartered Accountant and a senior procurement professional with 18 years transformation experience. Having started his management career in a big 4 environment, he has been responsible for Parade growth and service offerings as well as overseeing and quality assuring many of the Parade delivery programmes.
Darren has spent the last 20 years designing and performance managing Purchase to Pay solutions, as well as helping big 4 consulting companies with their Purchase to Pay methodologies. Darren is responsible for our leading toolkits which underpin our track record in top quartile performance.
Ed has over 20 years experience in Procurement and Supply chain operational, leadership and consulting roles. Ed has led large scale procurement and digital transformation projects across a variety of sectors and supports clients with best practice system design and implementation.
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We pride ourselves on being different. We believe the market is moving away from the traditional packaged consulting offering and towards flexible, value driven resourcing solutions.
