Strategic sourcing for companies that build hard things.
Procurest helps EV, aerospace, defense, and robotics teams hit cost targets, qualify suppliers, and build procurement organizations that survive the production ramp. Fifteen years of OEM sourcing experience, no slide-deck consultants.
What we do
Five services, each scoped to a measurable outcome. We work inside your BOM, your ERP, and your supplier base, and we leave behind models your team can run without us.
Should-cost analysis
Bottom-up cost models built from cycle time, material indices, and machine rates, so every negotiation starts from what the part should cost.
Learn more →02 · Supply baseSupplier development
Find, qualify, and ramp suppliers that can hold cost, quality, and capacity through the production ramp.
Learn more →03 · OrganizationProcurement org design
Stand up or restructure a sourcing function: categories, levels, approvals, hiring loops, and the KPIs that keep cost-down real.
Learn more →04 · NegotiationNegotiation support
Leverage maps, walk-away numbers, and live support for price reviews, LTAs, tooling settlements, and claims.
Learn more →05 · LeadershipFractional head of procurement
Senior sourcing leadership a few days a month, for companies that need the judgment before they need the full-time hire.
Learn more →How an engagement runs
A fixed sequence so you always know what comes next. Most clients see the first should-cost gap analysis inside three weeks.
Diagnose
Spend cube, BOM walk, supplier performance review, and interviews with engineering and finance. Output: prioritized opportunity list.
Model
Should-cost models and market benchmarks for the top opportunities. Output: quantified gap by part and supplier.
Execute
RFQs, supplier visits, and negotiations run with your buyers in the room. Output: signed savings and qualified alternates.
Transfer
Models, playbooks, and KPIs handed to your team with training. Output: a function that keeps delivering after we leave.
Procurestart: career coaching for buyers
The same insider knowledge, pointed at your career. A free 50-question GSM interview guide with scored model answers and pay bands, written by the hiring manager.
Frequently asked
Short answers to the questions we hear most from operations leaders and candidates.
What is should-cost analysis?
A bottom-up estimate of what a part should cost based on material, process, cycle time, labor, overhead, and margin. Buyers use it to anchor negotiations and spot quotes that are out of line with manufacturing reality.
Which industries does Procurest work with?
Electric vehicles, aerospace and new space, defense technology, robotics, and other companies that build complex physical products at scale. The common thread is direct-material sourcing under tight cost and schedule pressure.
How is Procurest different from a large consulting firm?
Operators, not analysts. Every engagement is led by someone who has carried a cost target through a vehicle program, and we price by outcome where the data allows it.
Do you offer fractional procurement leadership?
Yes. A fractional head of procurement gives early-stage hardware companies senior sourcing leadership two to four days a month, before they are ready for a full-time hire. How it works.
Do you offer procurement career coaching?
Yes. Procurestart, our career division, provides interview preparation, resume rewriting, and salary benchmarking for buyers, global supply managers, and sourcing leaders.
Can you work with a startup that has no procurement team yet?
That is our most common starting point. We build the first commodity strategies, source the initial supply base, and help you hire the first buyers.
Tell us what you're sourcing.
A 30-minute call is enough to tell whether there is a cost gap worth chasing. No deck, no retainer required to start.