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Market Exercise - Indirect Procurement Questionnaire
1.
Which best describes your organization?
Single-location brewery
Multi-location brewery group
Single-location restaurant
Multi-location restaurant group (2-5 locations)
Multi-location restaurant group (6+ locations)
School district
Other business
2.
Estimate your organization's annual indirect spend (facilities, maintenance, supplies, technology, utilities, waste removal—everything except food/beverage production):
<$250K
$250K–$500K
$500K–$1M
$1M–$2M
>$2M
3.
Who manages your purchasing?
Owner/operator
Operations manager
Multiple people/no one dedicated
Outsourced/consultant
4.
Biggest Indirect Spend Challenges
Rising costs on chemicals/cleaning supplies
Waste hauling/recycling contracts
Utility costs (electric/gas/water)
Packaging/label pricing
Fragmented vendors (different suppliers per location)
No visibility into spend
Auto-renewing contracts at bad rates
Other
5.
How urgently does your organization need to find cost savings in indirect spend?
Critical priority (next 30 days)
High priority (next 90 days)
Medium priority (next 6 months)
Low priority (not urgent)
No priority