Procurement consultancy · Nordics
We execute the savings. We don't just advise on them.
Bang & Partners is a procurement consultancy. Senior practitioners work alongside your team to deliver better cost, free up cash, and build the capability that keeps the value there, long after we leave. For Nordic corporates and PE-backed companies.
What we do
Cut cost, optimise cost, make it last.
We help clients cut and optimise cost, and make sure the effect lasts and becomes part of how the organisation works, end to end.
Assess
Set the ambition, align leadership and the organisation behind it, and build the plan: where the value is, how big it is, and how to get it.
Spend and maturity assessment · Procurement operating model · Digital procurement assessment
Realise
Turn the ambition into results: better cost, freed-up cash, and projects delivered on time, on budget, to spec.
Category optimisation · Negotiation blitz · Capex and greenfield execution · eAuction and digital sourcing · Spend analytics and data
Embed
Build the capability, structures and supplier management so the value holds and compounds after we leave.
Capability building · Supplier relationship management · Sustainability and ESG sourcing · Risk and resilience
Task force
A senior operator in the room, now. Done without the fuss.
Implementation acceleration · Interim procurement support · Hands-on project execution · M&A and private equity procurement
The prize
One krone saved is worth about ten in new sales.
External spend runs 30 to 60 percent of revenue, and savings there land straight in EBITDA, a fraction of the effort of chasing the same on the top line.
Run the number on your own P&L. Then call us.
Where the value sits
Ranges we see across categories and industries, from thirteen years of procurement transformations. What you can reach depends on your starting point.
Beyond cost and cash: done well, procurement turns the supply base into a source of advantage (better SLAs, supplier-led innovation, faster and better products to market) and makes supply risk a commercial lever, not a reporting exercise.
Who we work with
Built for private-sector companies across the Nordics.
We work with private-sector organisations across the Nordics, home base Norway.
Nordic corporates
NOK 1–20B revenue, where procurement is material to the P&L and there is potential for more.
Private equity
Funds and portfolio companies: value creation, carve-outs, and post-deal margin.
Large corporations (Targeted engagements)
Focused, high-impact work: category optimisation, structured negotiation sprints, eAuction rollout and adoption, and real capability upskilling.
Industry-agnostic. Procurement is the craft, and it travels; we deliver across sectors.
Why it matters
Value captured is not value sustained.
Procurement is under-resourced and pulled in too many directions. Teams find some of the savings, then watch them leak back out, because the capability to hold them was never built.
That's the gap, and it only closes when procurement maturity follows. We close both: we realise the potential and leave your team able to maintain and develop further, so the gain stays in EBITDA, not just in year one.
We bring senior practitioners who find the real number, land it in the P&L, and build the capability so it holds. Cost out, and it stays out.
Why us
Why work with us
One craft, done deep
Procurement is our specialism, and we follow the value into the adjacent supply chain when it moves the P&L. Deep in the function, not spread thin across many.
Senior people on the work
You get experienced practitioners on the actual work, not a layer of junior analysts.
Results that last
We set your organisation up to capture the savings and keep them there, long after we leave.
Our own tools, plus the best in the market
We combine our own tooling with the best tools on the market, for sharper spend transparency, faster execution, and stronger supplier and capability development.
How it works
How to know if we're the right partner.
Setting up the right engagement is a conversation, not a pitch. We shape it with you, usually over a few iterations, so scope, ambition and team all fit before anyone commits.
- 1
Quick call
Within a week
A first conversation to understand the situation and whether we're a fit.
- 2
Shape the work together
1–2 weeks
We dig in with you and your team, several conversations, not one, to frame the real opportunity, the ambition and the scope.
- 3
Tailored proposal
About a week
Built around what we've shaped together, and refined with you until it fits.
- 4
Decision & mobilisation
Kick-off within 2 weeks
Align on scope, team and terms, then mobilise.
Wondering where the money is in your spend?
Contact usContact us
Let's talk
A quick call with Thor. We listen first, give you a candid read on the opportunity, and tell you honestly whether we are the right firm.
Thor Bang-Ellingsen
Founder
Bang & Partners is founded by Thor Bang-Ellingsen. Over 13 years he helped build Prokura from a small Nordic consultancy into a global firm, acquired by Kearney, a tier-1 management consultancy. He became a Prokura equity partner and, on departure, was the firm's second most senior person, having built its Norwegian business from the ground up. He has led procurement transformations across the Nordics, Central Europe, Eastern Europe and North America.
- Phone
- +47 940 96 046
- Thor Bang-Ellingsen
Careers
Work with us
We hire senior practitioners, one at a time. People who've done the work and want to keep doing it, with the autonomy to own clients and outcomes from day one.
If that's you, get in touch.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What does Bang & Partners do?
We're a procurement consultancy. We put senior practitioners alongside your team to take better cost, free up cash, and build the capability to keep the value there. We don't just advise, we execute.
Who do you typically work with?
Private-sector organisations across the Nordics, home base Norway, from NOK 1–20B corporates to private equity funds and their portfolio companies. We're industry-agnostic.
What makes you different?
Procurement is all we do, at senior level, on the actual work. We realise the value and leave your team able to hold it. Not a report, but results that stay.
Do you only do procurement?
Procurement is our specialism, it's what we do every day. When value sits in the adjacent supply chain (inventory, planning, supplier management) and it moves the P&L, we follow it there. What we won't do is drift into generalist territory.
What results can we expect?
It depends on your starting point. Across categories and industries we typically see 7–12% off addressable spend, 10–20 days of freed-up payment terms, 10–20% lower inventory, and a step-change in how much spend is actively managed. We set your team up to capture the value and hold it, we don't just point at it.
How we structure commercial arrangements
We're flexible and fit the setup to the task and ambition, from fixed fee to retainer to success-based arrangements. The right structure depends on the specific engagement.
How long does an engagement take?
It depends on the task and ambition. It can be a focused sprint of a few weeks, or a full transformation we support over 12–18 months, run in phases, in the right order, so capability follows and the value holds after we've left.
Can you start quickly?
Yes. Our Task force mode puts a senior operator in the room fast when you need momentum now.
Will you work with our team?
Always alongside, never instead of. We work with your people, transfer the capability, and leave them stronger than we found them.
Do you work on M&A/PE deals?
Yes. Commercial due diligence and post-deal value capture, including procurement synergies. We help quantify the opportunity before the deal and realise it after.
Which industries?
We're industry-agnostic. Procurement is the craft, and it travels; we deliver across sectors.
How do we get started?
A quick call, within a week. From there we shape the work together, propose, and mobilise, kick-off typically within a few weeks.