PROCUREMENT, SIMPLIFIED FOR GROWING BUSINESSES
Procurement
Expertise That Gives
You Time to Grow
Rise Forward gives growing businesses senior-level procurement expertise without the full-time hire, so purchasing stops eating up your week and starts saving you money.
- Trusted by manufacturing, construction, distribution & family-owned businesses.
Built for
Manufacturing
Construction
Industrial Services
Distribution
Family-Owned Businesses
Women-Owned Businesses
FREE OFFER
The leak hiding behind your process.
We will find one leak in one category of your spending for free. If we find it, you decide whether to hire us to fix it.
SOUNDS FAMILIAR?
You didn't start this business to manage vendors all day.
If any of this hits home, procurement is quietly costing you time, money, and peace of mind.
01
Too much time spent
chasing quotes,
approvals, and
supplier follow-ups.
02
Unclear purchasing
processes and
inconsistent
decision-making.
03
Supplier issues
causing delays,
shortages, or
operational disruption.
04
Contracts scattered,
outdated, or hard to
enforce.
05
Limited visibility into
spend, categories,
and vendor
performance.
06
“Maverick” purchases
and lack of policy
compliance.
HOW WE WORK
A simple path from overwhelmed to in control.
We start with a conversation to understand your procurement challenges, priorities, and goals.
Tell Us About Your Challenges
A straightforward conversation about what's slowing you down, what you're spending, and where you want to be.
Get a Clear Plan
We recommend the right level of
support Assess, Support, or Lead
with no pressure to buy more than
you need.
Get the Right Support:
Whether you need guidance, project support, or an ongoing procurement partner, Rise Forward works around what your business actually needs.
Tell Us About Your Challenges
We start with a conversation to understand your procurement challenges, priorities, and goals.
Get a Clear
Plan
We recommend the right level of support: Assess, Support, or Lead, with no pressure to buy more than you need.
Get the Right Support:
Whether you need guidance, project support, or an ongoing procurement partner, Rise Forward works around what your business actually needs.
Tell Us About Your Challenges
A straightforward conversation
about what's slowing you down,
what you're spending,
and where you want to be.
Get a Clear Plan
We recommend the right level of support: Assess, Support, or Lead,
with no pressure to buy more than you need.
Get the Right Support:
Whether you need guidance, project support, or an ongoing procurement partner,
Rise Forward works around what your
business actually needs.
SERVICES, PACKAGED SIMPLY
You don't need a big, fixed program.
Just the right level of support.
Three clear tiers start where it makes sense, and scale up only when you need to.
TIER 1
Assess
A low-cost starting point to see exactly
where procurement is costing you time
and money.
- Procurement Health Assessment.
- Documentation & audit-readiness reviews.
-
Prioritized findings &
recommendations.
One-time fixed-fee assessment
TIER 2
Support
Flexible, hands-on help exactly where
you need it without hiring full-time.
- Strategic sourcing & supplier qualification.
- Contract negotiation.
- Cost reduction initiatives.
- Temporary procurement coverage.
Project-based or short-term retainer
TIER 3
Lead
Ongoing leadership and structure for
businesses ready to build lasting
capability.
- Fractional procurement leadership.
- Permanent talent placement.
- Manuals, policies & SOPs.
- Team training & enablement.
Monthly retainer or long-term partnership
Insights to help
you lead with
more focus
Practical guidance on procurement,
supplier management, and building
systems that protect time and margin.
Understanding Procurement: What It Really Means for Your Business
Procurement is more than purchasing. Here's why it matters to your bottom line.
Read the guide
Sourcing Smarter: 5 Ways to Expand Your Supplier List Without Hiring More Staff
Practical tactics you can apply this week, no new headcount required.
Get the guide
Procurement Questions Every Business Owner Should Understand
Straight answers to the questions we hear most from growing businesses.
REAL BUSINESSES, REAL RESULTS
Trusted by growing businesses across industries.
A look at the kind of partnerships we build and the outcomes we deliver for every client.
- "Rise Forward walked into a mess of supplier files and turned it into a system our team actually uses. When our customer's audit came around, we were ready instead of scrambling."
Operations Director
Cascade Metal Works
- "They didn't just renegotiate our supplier contracts, they explained why it mattered, so our team could keep it going long after the engagement ended."
Founder & President
Ironbridge Builders
- "Having fractional procurement leadership meant someone was finally thinking about this every day without the cost of a full-time hire. I got hours back every week."
Chief Executive Officer
Meridian Supply Co.
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