Dear Clients, Partners, and Friends,
As 2024 comes to a close, I’m filled with gratitude for trust our clients and partners have placed in Sourcing Champions. This year, alongside our exceptional team, we’ve delivered impactful results, tackled complex procurement challenges, and continued to push the boundaries of innovation. Your collaboration and commitment have been at the heart of our success. I’d like to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and share our vision.
2024: A Year of Achievement and Growth
This year, we continued to build on our mission to transform procurement into a competitive advantage. Procurement once again demonstrated its ability to create value and drive transformation across industries. Through our 15M transformation programs, developed by Dr. Gerhard Hess, we achieved strong results. We focused on cost savings, category strategy, and process improvements. These efforts spanned key sectors such as Automotive, High-Tech Industrial, Agriculture, FMCG, Aviation, and Packaging. These achievements highlight the versatility and focus required for procurement to tackle complex challenges effectively.
Sustainability remained a guiding priority throughout the year. The second edition of the Procurement Climate Council, organized in partnership with Ivalua, Ecovadis, Sphera, and the Net Zero Market Study, deepened insights into responsible procurement and provided actionable guidance for the journey toward Net Zero. Our sponsorship of CSRD Day further underscored our commitment to helping organizations align with ESG goals and navigate evolving regulations.
Digital capabilities and innovation were equally pivotal. Strengthening our expertise in S2P platforms like Ivalua, supported by our collaboration with TSM and Jupitos, enabled the team to drive seamless digital transformations tailored to client needs. By expanding our sustainable procurement digital capabilities—in partnership with Prewave and IntegrityNext, part of the Ivalua ecosystem—we tackled address ESG challenges with forward-thinking. And in all projects Valuedesk is used by SC to achieve business goals through agile action tracking.
This year also saw the launch of the Amstel Procurement Café, a new initiative that brought procurement professionals together to exchange ideas and spark meaningful conversations. These connections have been invaluable for fostering community and strengthening the profession.
To support these expanding efforts, the team grew with talented individuals aligned with the mission to combine sustainability and digitalization into procurement strategies. Together, these developments ensure a stronger foundation for the future.
Looking Ahead to 2025
The vision for 2025 is clear: continue leveraging the growing ecosystem of knowledge, technology, and partnerships to deliver impactful solutions. The focus will be on:
- Boost ESG solutions that make compliance not only achievable but impactful for your organization.
- Drive next-level procurement transformations, leveraging the 15M maturity assessments to align procurement strategies with innovation, efficiency, and sustainability at every stage
- Strengthening the connection between digital, people, processes, and purpose, ensuring procurement becomes a real competitive advantage that drives lasting success
Thank You
This year’s achievements would not have been possible without our clients, partners, and the incredible team at Sourcing Champions. Thank you for your trust, collaboration, and belief in our mission. As we step into 2025, I look forward to continuing this journey with you—transforming procurement and creating lasting impact together.
Here’s to another year of growth, innovation, impact, meaningful change and our continuous commitment to Net Zero.
On behalf of team SC,
Robert Waalder
Founder, Sourcing Champions
