Guided Category Strategy

Take the highway to holistic category strategies

Cirtuo's Guided Strategy Creation provides a comprehensive methodology and structured process for capturing business requirements and crafting category strategies. We guide users with an interview-style approach through a series of analytical stages and impactful strategic tools like Kraljic Matrix, Porter’s 5 Forces, or SWOT. This way, every category manager can craft holistic category strategies without the need for lengthy methodology training.

Be in control of your data with intelligent spend management

Spend starts with ‘S’ as in strategy and strategies start with spend. With central spend uploads, integrations with spend analytics providers, powerful visualizations, and reports, Cirtuo enables in-depth spend analysis and actionable insights for data-driven category management. Automated mapping of spend to pre-defined category taxonomies and organization hierarchies eliminates manual data modeling. With powerful validation capabilities, Cirtuo ensures users can clearly define the scope of their strategy and increase spend under management.

Reach strategic alignment by exceeding business requirements

Cirtuo has strategic business alignment in its DNA. Guided Strategy Creation uses a comprehensive model for capturing & aligning business requirements. Covering the classic RACQSI dimensions, and complementing them with sustainability, supplier diversity, and other growth topics, Procurement can fully understand and support business objectives. Cirtuo’s collaborative modules for aligning value levers with stakeholder requirements ensures increased buy-in and compliance with category strategies.

Remain agile with integrated market intelligence

There is no C in MI but there’s MI in Cirtuo. With on-demand access to nearly 2000 categories and over 3.5 million discrete data elements through integrations with leading 3rd party market intelligence providers, Cirtuo enables always-on category strategies. With pre-populated market intelligence data, automated data & news feeds, and push notifications on market developments, Cirtuo helps you to always stay up-to-date and agile in your decision-making.

Increase supply chain resilience with integrated risk management

We don’t know the ‘unknown unknowns’, but we help you predict and mitigate what is in your control. Cirtuo provides comprehensive Procurement risk analysis & management tools for assessing internal and external risks. Capturing, categorizing, and visualizing risks in a user-friendly interface combined with integrations for real-time risk tracking ensures that risks are identified and addressed promptly. By considering your risks when recommending value levers, Cirtuo actively supports you in developing robust risk mitigation plans that increase your supply chain resilience.

Make category strategies actionable with AI strategy recommendations

In a world abundant with choice, making the right one can feel paralyzing. With 90+ value levers and an infinite number of possible combinations, Cirtuo’s AI recommendation engine suggest the most relevant options based on 400+ data points collected throughout the development process. By collaboratively assessing and aligning them to strategic goals of your stakeholders, Cirtuo builds business alignment and makes category strategies actionable.

Tangible impact your business stakeholders will value

50% FASTER

Cut the time for creating category strategies by 50% compared to doing it manually in PPT with Cirtuo’s interview-style user guidance and access to 3rd party market intelligence.

7-8% EXTRA SAVINGS

Deliver an average 7-8% additional savings with Cirtuo’s powerful value lever recommendations and strategic alignment features.

ACHIEVE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT

Capture & align business requirements from strategy creation to execution.

>12x ROI

Achieve a positive ROI within the first year after implementation through enhanced savings from best practice category strategies.

Manage your spend strategically