What We Do
Agar Advisory helps growing life science businesses to build stronger procurement and supply chain capability, enabling them to deploy investor capital more effectively, manage risk more intelligently and scale with greater confidence.
Our work is pragmatic, proportionate and tailored to the realities of early-stage and scaling life sciences firms. We focus on building operational capability that is commercially effective without becoming unnecessarily bureaucratic.
We support companies from their earliest stages; and we’re currently working with a consortium of individuals and institutions to develop a programme of training and education, to be made freely available to young companies in the UK
Our services include:
Procurement Maturity Diagnostic
A structured assessment of current procurement policies, processes, supplier management practices and operational capability, identifying strengths, gaps and priority areas for improvement.
Procurement Framework Design
Design of procurement policies, governance structures and operational processes appropriate to the company’s stage of development, scientific focus and growth plans.
Workshops & Capability Building
Practical working sessions to help leadership teams understand procurement priorities, clarify requirements and establish both scalable operating foundations and long-term procurement culture and behaviours.
Procurement Systems & Tools
Advice on appropriate systems and technologies for managing suppliers, contracts, approvals, purchasing activity and related data.
Strategic Sourcing
Structured sourcing projects to identify, evaluate and engage the most appropriate external suppliers, partners and specialist providers from across the global marketplace.
Negotiation & Contracting
Support ranging from strategic guidance through to full hands-on management of supplier negotiations, contracting and commercial implementation.
Supply Chain Risk Analysis
Assessment of supply chain fragility, supplier dependency and operational exposure across geopolitical, regulatory and broader PESTLE risk factors in an increasingly volatile operating environment.
The Challenge
Our services include
01
Procurement Maturity Diagnostic
A structured assessment of current procurement policies, processes, supplier management practices and operational capability, identifying strengths, gaps and priority areas for improvement.
02
Procurement Framework Design
Design of procurement policies, governance structures and operational processes appropriate to the company’s stage of development, scientific focus and growth plans.
03
Workshops & Capability Building
Practical working sessions to help leadership teams understand procurement priorities, clarify requirements and establish both scalable operating foundations and long-term procurement culture and behaviours.
04
Procurement Systems & Tools
Advice on appropriate systems and technologies for managing suppliers, contracts, approvals, purchasing activity and related data.
05
Strategic Sourcing
Structured sourcing projects to identify, evaluate and engage the most appropriate external suppliers, partners and specialist providers from across the global marketplace.
06
Strategic Sourcing
Structured sourcing projects to identify, evaluate and engage the most appropriate external suppliers, partners and specialist providers from across the global marketplace.
07
Negotiation & Contracting
Support ranging from strategic guidance through to full hands-on management of supplier negotiations, contracting and commercial implementation.
08
Supply Chain Risk Analysis
Assessment of supply chain fragility, supplier dependency and operational exposure across geopolitical, regulatory and broader PESTLE risk factors in an increasingly volatile operating environment.
Fractional Procurement Leadership
Flexible senior procurement and supplier strategy support for scaling life sciences organisations. As companies move through Series A and towards – and beyond – Series B, external supplier ecosystems become increasingly critical to operational success, regulatory readiness and investor confidence.
We provide experienced senior leadership without the cost or complexity of a full-time procurement executive structure: combining strategic insight with hands-on delivery across supplier strategy, outsourcing, sourcing, contracting, supply chain and third-party risk management.
Our approach is pragmatic, flexible and operationally focused – helping growing organisations build the commercial and supplier capabilities they need to scale effectively, without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
Discover
We understand your business goals.
Plan
Create a customized technology strategy.
Implement
Deploy secure and scalable solutions.
Support
Continuous monitoring and optimization.
Leadership
Experienced
We provide experienced senior leadership without the cost or complexity of a full-time procurement executive structure: combining strategic insight with hands-on delivery across supplier strategy, outsourcing, sourcing, contracting, supply chain and third-party risk management.
Our approach
Our approach is pragmatic, flexible and operationally focused – helping growing organisations build the commercial and supplier capabilities they need to scale effectively, without creating unnecessary bureaucracy