Cost is no longer a constraint, but a lever for resilience, growth, and transformation
Editorial
Dear Readers,
Cost is back at the top of the agenda. According to a recent BCG Global C-Suite Survey, 33% of corporate leaders cite cost reduction as their number-one strategic priority for 2025 – an eight-point rise from the previous year. This signals a shift in how organizations view cost: not as a constraint, but as a lever for resilience, growth, and transformation. Our cover story focuses on indirect spend – an often-overlooked category that can deliver rapid, measurable results across IT, logistics, and professional services if managed with focus, structure, and collaboration.
Across industries, cost excellence is being redefined. From Cost+ strategies in Energy to smarter R&D sourcing in Pharma, private label plays in Retail, and process-driven negotiations, the message is clear: success today requires more than traditional cost-cutting. It demands intelligent design, cross-functional integration, and digital enablement – a new mindset where savings are reinvested in innovation, transparency drives agility, and long-term competitiveness is built one smart decision at a time.
Thibault Pucken
COO & Managing Director
Redefining the rules of cost excellence
From structured negotiations to data-driven retail strategies and digital levers in TMT and banking, the next set of articles shows how procurement is moving beyond traditional cost-cutting to create lasting competitive advantage.In the new era of procurement, it is not the loudest voice but the smartest mind who wins – it’s all about who designs the smartest game.
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