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29.04.2025 | Strategy Paper

NextGen Procurement Strategy

Transforming category management today

Discover practical insights to shift your procurement approach from tactical sourcing to resilient, value-driven strategies for a dynamic market.

Shaping Category Management for a New Era

A strategic and practical approach to capability building in modern procurement.Traditional category management is no longer enough. Leading organisations are rethinking how they define, enable, and execute procurement strategies to deliver value beyond cost savings – focusing on resilience, digital integration, and long-term business impact.H&Z’s Enabling NextGen Category Management outlines a step-by-step approach to building internal capabilities, embedding strategy, and driving transformation at scale.

what's inside
  • Key trends reshaping procurement
  • New challenges for category managers
  • The NextGen enablement approach
  • Practical client examples
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Why H&Z?

H&Z combines deep procurement expertise with a hands-on, human-centred approach to capability building. Our structured enablement model – Analyse | Strategise | Execute – empowers teams with the tools, training, and support needed to create impact that lasts.Whether you are updating your strategy, scaling your capabilities, or starting from scratch, we provide the frameworks, digital integration, and coaching to make it real.

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Sven C. Schumacher

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Sven C. Schumacher

Maximilian Marks

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Maximilian Marks

Dr. Matthias Mette

Director
Dr. Matthias Mette

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