At Mantis we appreciate in an increasingly competitive and uncertain business environment, operating margin is critical to business viability and resilience. Effective cost optimisation delivers immediate financial impact, while reshaping commercial models and supply chain structures to reduce risk, improve terms, and enhance service quality. The result is not just short-term savings, but a stronger, more sustainable platform for long-term growth and value creation
True value creation goes far beyond reducing spend. While cost reduction is often part of the equation, leading organisations look to their suppliers to unlock broader, more strategic outcomes - growth, innovation, resilience, and competitive advantage. Optimizing cost is about aligning supply solutions to the outcomes that matter most, ensuring you extract maximum value from every pound invested, not simply spend less.
This may require fundamentally different solutions, new commercial models, or a sharper focus on growth-enabling initiatives. By combining deep insight with specialist delivery capabilities, we help organizations achieve optimized supplier outcomes at speed.
Scope of Services
1. Spend and Cost Baseline Assessment
Establish a clear, fact-based understanding of current spend, cost drivers, and procurement effectiveness.
2. Opportunity Identification and Value Quantification
Identify and size tangible cost reduction and value improvement opportunities across the value chain.
3. Strategy Development
Translate opportunities into a practical, prioritised roadmap for delivery.
4. Implementation Support
Support execution to ensure savings are realised, embedded, and sustained.
5. Capability Enablement and Sustainability
Build internal capability to sustain results beyond the programme.
With experience across both niche and traditional categories, Mantis takes a hands-on, results-driven approach. We work closely with leaders, stakeholders, and suppliers to reshape commercial models, accelerate delivery, and unlock measurable value. Our category specialists combine proven processes with agile governance to drive faster decisions and sustainable outcomes

Key Customer Benefits
1. Immediate and Measurable Financial Impact
2. Improved Cost Transparency and Control
3. Stronger Commercial Outcomes with Suppliers
4. Reduced Risk and Increased Resilience
5. Faster Decision-Making and Execution
6. Sustainable Results, Not One-Off Savings
7. Independent, Market-Informed Insight
8. Tailored and Scalable Approach