STRATTON & Co.

Every company reaches a moment when yesterday’s way of operating is no longer enough.

Growth creates opportunity.

It also creates complexity.

The systems that once supported the business begin to show their limits.

That is the moment STRATTON & Co. was built for.

We help growing companies across Nashville and Middle Tennessee build enterprise procurement capabilities that become self-sustaining.

Building Enterprise Procurement Capability

A disciplined, repeatable framework for building procurement capability that lasts.

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1

Assess

Diagnose procurement maturity, spend visibility, and capability gaps to establish a clear baseline for transformation.

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2

Align

Build executive consensus around procurement’s strategic role, governance, and business outcomes.

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3

Design

Build the operating model — category strategy, policy architecture, and enabling systems.

A meticulously organized procurement war room table in a modern executive office, covered with neatly arranged printed category strategies, supplier scorecards, and a slim silver laptop.

4

Build

Deploy the team, technology, and processes required to operate with precision and scale.

A minimalist conference room with a long rectangular oak table displaying a structured procurement operating model.

5

Sustain

Transfer ownership through coaching, governance, and accountability so the capability continues to grow.

A close-up of a procurement playbook laid open on a clean, grey felt desk pad in a quiet corner office.

6

Evolve

Measure results, strengthen capability, and continuously improve procurement performance.

An overhead photographic view of a large whiteboard wall in a quiet strategy room, covered with cleanly arranged procurement transformation roadmaps, color-coded sticky notes, and printed charts detailing category waves and governance milestones. A narrow ledge beneath holds neatly aligned dry-erase markers and an eraser, all unused and orderly. The room’s furnishings are minimal: a slim console table with a single closed laptop and a glass carafe of water, no chairs visible. Natural daylight diffuses from an unseen window, creating soft, even illumination without harsh contrasts. The composition is top-down and symmetrical, emphasizing structure and clarity. The atmosphere is deliberate and disciplined, communicating long-range enterprise procurement planning and operating model design, free of any people or casual clutter.

How We Work

Every engagement begins with understanding the business before recommending a path forward. We believe clear communication, thoughtful collaboration, and practical execution build capabilities that last.

Discover Our Approach

◈ Active Listening

Clear communication without jargon.

◇ Plain Speaking

Understand before recommending.

◈ Practical Solutions

Ideas that can be implemented.

◆ Capability That Lasts

Building organizations that grow stronger.

Insights

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FEATURED INSIGHT

The Agreement Doesn’t Create Value. It Captures Value.

Why the most important work in procurement happens before the contract is signed.

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Trusted Partnership

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CURRENT ENGAGEMENT

PE-Backed Construction Services Company

Building procurement capability to support continued growth.

STRATTON & Co. is working alongside a rapidly growing, private-equity-backed construction services company to strengthen procurement practices, increase spend visibility, improve supplier and commercial discipline, and build capabilities that can scale with the business.

FRACTIONAL PROCUREMENT LEADERSHIP · STRATEGIC SOURCING · CAPABILITY BUILDING

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Tell us what you’re working through. We’ll listen, ask the right questions, and determine together whether STRATTON & Co. can help.

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