About Henning

Helping Procurement Create Greater Business Impact.

For more than two decades, I have worked with procurement organizations, leadership teams and business executives.

Throughout this journey, one observation has remained constant.

The organizations that create the greatest procurement impact are rarely those with the largest teams or the most sophisticated technology.

They are the organizations that combine strong leadership, organisational capability and disciplined execution.

That belief shapes everything I do.


My Mission

I believe procurement has the potential to become one of the most influential functions in every organization.

Not only by reducing costs.

But by strengthening competitiveness, resilience, innovation and long-term business performance.

My mission is to help procurement leaders and ProcureTech companies create measurable and lasting impact.


What I Do

I work on both sides of the procurement ecosystem.

For procurement organizations, I serve as an external Procurement Excellence function through the Virtual Procurement Excellence Office.

For ProcureTech companies, I provide an independent procurement market perspective through ProcureTech Impact Advisory.

Although these engagements differ, they are connected by one common objective:

Helping procurement create greater business impact.


What I Believe

Business First.

People Central.

Impact Always.

Procurement Excellence is not another project.

It is an organisational capability.

Technology enables progress.

Leadership creates progress.

Organizations sustain progress.

The strongest procurement organizations continuously learn, adapt and improve.

That is Procurement Excellence.


My principles

Everything I do is guided by a small number of principles.

Independence

I remain independent of software vendors and implementation partners.

Recommendations are based solely on what creates value for my clients.

Business Impact

Every initiative should contribute to measurable business outcomes.

Activity is not success.

Impact is.

Long-Term Thinking

Sustainable organisational capability matters more than short-term optimization.

Practicality

Ideas create value only when they can be implemented.


How I Work

Every engagement starts with understanding.

I listen before I recommend.

I challenge before I advise.

I simplify before I optimize.

My role is not to provide ready-made answers.

My role is to ask better questions, strengthen strategic thinking and help organizations make better decisions.


Building New Thinking

Alongside my advisory work, I am developing practical frameworks that help procurement organizations and ProcureTech companies create measurable impact.

These include:

  • Virtual Procurement Excellence Office
  • Leadership Procurement
  • Procurement Excellence
  • Procurement Excellence Quick Check
  • ProcureTech Impact Advisory
  • Procurement Impact Amplifiers
  • PEOS — Procurement Excellence Operating System

These frameworks continue to evolve through practical application, dialogue with procurement leaders and ongoing research.


Let's Start a Conversation

Whether you are leading procurement, building a ProcureTech company or simply exploring new ideas, I would be delighted to exchange perspectives.

Meaningful conversations are often the starting point for meaningful change.

Let's Talk