About us
Direct / indirect
We focus on all areas of spend, carrying the majority of specialisms in-house, with the ability to reach into our ecosystem partners for niche specialisms.
What we do
70% of the costs of a typical business is money that is spent with suppliers.*
At Proxima, we believe that a business is at its best when it spends that money wisely and well. We help organisations to unlock the full potential of their suppliers. We do this through a comprehensive suite of procurement and supply chain services that focus on cost, capability and sustainability transformation.
*Source: The State of Spend
Who are proxima?
We are a consulting business specializing in Procurement, Supply Chain, and Supply Chain Sustainability. We share an ambition to be the world’s best procurement consulting firm that businesses want to work with and talented people want to work for. We work collaboratively with our clients, side by side, hand in hand, taking accountability for results and making the change happen.
The Bain procurement ecosystem
We are also part of Bain and Company, the world-leading strategy consultancy. Within the Bain procurement ecosystem, we are the primary implementation partner allowing Bain clients to receive a joined-up offering from bold strategies through to the delivery of big results. This market leading procurement ecosystem also includes other partners such as ArcBlue and a series of best of breed technology providers and other experts in niche domains.
Where do we focus?
In broad terms, we help organisations to either do procurement or to build great procurement operating models and, of course, to deliver more purposeful change through our sustainability service lines. We deliver specialist procurement through our “practitioner consultants” – our clients value that we’ve been there and brought the knowledge and experience with us. There are other ways of looking at what we do;
Multi-sector
We’re active across most sectors and have worked with many of the world's largest organisations in each, both as Proxima and as part of Bain Procurement.
End-to-end
We have a comprehensive set of services and solutions that are designed to make a big impact across cost, capability and sustainability.
Why we do it
Making change happen is more important than ever but also harder than ever. Whether it’s geopolitical disruptions, economic pressures, the imperative to drive to net zero, or even just survival, businesses are grappling with major challenges and want to solve them fast.
People and procurement can be strategic enablers, having bold ideas and unlocking the power of supply chains, the ‘external enterprise,’ to help businesses rise to the challenge of meeting their full potential.
why it matters
Because it’s possible, and we don’t believe in settling for the status quo. Together we can help businesses to be more profitable and more sustainable, but also to deliver other forms of value and create a greater impact for shareholders, stakeholders, and society.
EXPERIENCE
30+ Years
We bring a wealth of capability, insight and supply market knowledge to every challenge. Over 30 years of great delivery experience helps the world’s leading brands trust Proxima with their business goals.
Every year we deliver
500+ projects
We’ve driven billions in cost improvement and helped our clients to improve their capability and sustainability outcomes.
We analyse millions of data points
1,000,000+
From synthesising spend data, complex commercial analyses, to carbon footprint assessments. Data is the foundation of everything we do and informs every action we take.
