Strategic Procurement Consulting Services

PERC Consulting LLC

Helping Today’s Companies Solve Tomorrow’s Procurement Challenges Since 1999

Your Trusted Partner

About PERC

PERC Consulting LLC was established in August 2023 and is owned and operated by Patrick Laffey. The business was created with the purpose of providing direct personal access to many years of professional experience in which large procurement consulting companies cannot offer. Attention to detail and responsiveness are paramount at PERC.

My professional growth began 24 years ago while I was attending Fenn College of Engineering at Cleveland State University for Mechanical Engineering. Throughout these years I have worked for 3 companies across in different sectors:

Karpinski Engineering

Consulting HVAC/plumbing managing design engineer for commercial construction industry – 1999 thru 2006

De Nora Tech

Senior buyer planner/supply chain engineer/plant engineer/warehouse manager/maintenance supervisor for global manufacturing industry – 2006 thru 2019

Everstream

Procurement director for telecommunications industry – 2019 thru 2023

Focused on Process Improvement

Service Offerings

  • General procurement/purchasing functionality
  • Cost savings, avoidance, reduction management and analysis
  • Assist in location of materials, equipment, items to purchase and/ or sell
  • Analysis of current procurement processes and future procurement goals
  • Creation, implementation, management of RFP & RFQ processes
  • Supply chain risk mitigation
  • Vendor management
  • Contract management
  • Project management – facility layout planning, capital equipment planning/procurement, budget planning … etc
  • Inventory, warehousing and logistics management, evaluation, planning and analysis
  • Planning/forecasting of required materials and services
  • Lead, assist and implement creation of new processes
  • Assist in conversion between ERP systems (main experience in Salesforce, SAP and Syteline)
  • Create, lead, assist and implement fleet management program
  • Serve as sales liaison
  • Serve as manufacturer representative
  • Fill a gap between hirings or to eliminate the need of hiring an additional a full time professional
  • Utilization of contacts/ expertise across various industries to accomplish all of the services listed above

Options to Meet Your Needs

We Offer the Following Consulting Options

The following are business service arrangement offerings are available with PERC Consulting LLC:

Long Term (Retainer)

Continual basis over an extended period of time (2 months or longer)

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Short Term

Continual basis over a short period of time (ie – less than 2 months)

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Project Based

Specific project (regardless of consulting time required to complete the project with potential exceptions)

Hourly

As needed basis and to billed out at the standard hourly rate

Temporary Replacement

Replace a position that has been recently vacated but is intended to be filled

ROI Based

Lowered flat fee for implementation and negotiated fee based on percentage of savings