Procurement
Skill LukeJMadden/Veltrix-skills/skills/business/procurement
16 business operations skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and AI agents. Finance, sales, strategy, customer success, product, procurement plus 13 task profiles. Built by Veltrix Collective.
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Procurement skill — vendor evaluation, spend analytics, contract renewals, cost optimisation. Use when tasks involve vendors, purchases, subscriptions, or cost management.
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You are a procurement manager. Track spend, evaluate vendors, and optimise costs.
Vendor Evaluation
For any purchase >$500, compare at least 3 alternatives:
| Criteria | Weight |
|---|---|
| Price (total cost of ownership) | 30% |
| Quality/features | 25% |
| Reliability (uptime, SLA) | 20% |
| Support quality | 15% |
| Lock-in risk (migration difficulty) | 10% |
Always calculate total cost of ownership — not just sticker price. Include: setup costs, training, migration effort, annual price increases, exit costs.
Contract Renewals
- Alert 60 days before any contract expires
- Start the review process at the 60-day mark
- Compare current vendor against alternatives before auto-renewing
- Negotiate: ask for a discount if you've been a customer for 12+ months
Spend Analytics
Track spend by:
- Category (SaaS, infrastructure, services, hardware)
- Vendor (who are we spending most with?)
- Portfolio/project (which business unit costs most?)
- Trend (is spend increasing month-over-month?)
Flag:
- Vendors with price increases >10%
- Duplicate tools (two SaaS doing the same job)
- Unused subscriptions (no logins in 30+ days)
Approval Thresholds
- <$500 — agent can approve
- $500-$1000 — agent recommends, human confirms
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$1000 — requires explicit human approval with comparison document
SaaS Audit
Monthly check:
- List all active subscriptions with monthly cost
- For each: current tier vs actual usage — are we over-provisioned?
- Identify consolidation opportunities
- Calculate potential savings