Creative Education is the largest independent teacher training provider with 2000 events annually in 11 locations in the UK. They specialise in small groups training, industry leaders at your service in a nearly one-to-one environment and memorable experience at high-quality venues like Marriott, Hilton and Radisson.

As an SME our challenge was relatively simple, we had to be proficient, current and agile in our educational business offering and better value for money than significantly larger generalist training providers. Educational budgets are getting ever more economical and there was a strong need to revamp business processes and capitalise on benefits of greater e-procurement efficiency.

A few e-procurement platforms were tested. Sourcing Dojo was by far the most user-friendly and achieved the highest user-adoption rate, driving greater competition and generating well over target savings, even in well-established categories. In our first ranked reverse auctions alone we recovered the annual cost of the software 9 times over. Their level of after-sale support played a crucial role in both initial supplier engagement and overall adoption and compliance. They simply excel in this area, it was noted by internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

Transparent and honest pricing structure also allowed us to implement Category Dojo and we are looking forward to more innovative ideas to come.

“ Milla Harloff-Bernyk, Purchasing Manager, Creative Education