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Financial Services
Procurement & Cost Management
20.05.2025 | Strategy Paper

Navigating Tariff Challenges

12 Strategic Moves for Procurement

Discover essential strategies for procurement leaders to manage tariff impacts and stabilize supply chains in a volatile global trade landscape.

Across industries, procurement leaders are mobilising fast—putting in place targeted commercial responses, redesigning supply routes, and reassessing cost exposures. This briefing outlines 12 actionable levers that can be deployed in the short, mid and long term to help organisations mitigate risks and stabilise operations in an increasingly fragmented trade environment.

Actionable Levers for Every Timeframe

From renegotiating supplier terms and diversifying sources to reshoring and leveraging trade agreements, the strategies presented offer both quick wins and long-term positioning.

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Highlighted above are a look at the short-term measures—just one part of the complete strategy outlined in the full PDF.

Whether you’re reacting to immediate cost pressure or preparing your supply chain for what’s next, this paper offers clear direction and proven approaches.

What's inside
  • A snapshot of shifting trade flows and tariff exposure
  • 12 top strategic short-, mid- and long-term actions
  • Practical examples of mitigation and scenario planning
  • H&Z’s structured 3-step support model
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