Self assessement using a Procurement Diagnostic Ecosystem™
Procurement doesn’t operate in a controlled environment, it operates in the real world. Markets shift, suppliers consolidate, contracts drift, and governance weakens. Even strong functions develop blind spots over time.
When problems surface, they’re often expensive, disruptive, and reputationally damaging. Response capability matters — but resilience starts much earlier.
Heavy Salad’s Procurement Diagnostic Ecosystem™ approach cuts through complexity to expose hidden risk, value leakage, and structural weaknesses before they escalate. A focused, data-led assessment provides the clarity needed to take decisive, preventative action, strengthening control, protecting margin, and building a more robust procurement function.
Diagnostic tools, which can be purchased from this website, generate risk scores, maturity ratings, gap analysis, and prioritised actions.
You decide how and when to implement the recommendations.
IMPORTANT - The Procurement Diagnostic Ecosystem™ tools deliver the greatest impact when you answer all 40 questions truthfully. Resist the urge to “sugar coat” your responses, clarity creates progress, and honest answers will give you the most accurate and valuable insights
Overview of services
The Customer Journey for the self-service diagnostic is as follows:
- you submit payment using the Shop
- you will receive an email with a link to the diagnostic tool purchased
- complete all sections of the 40 question/ multiple choice answers diagnostic tool
- the output is returned to Heavy Salad
- our experts apply a proprietary weighted scoring model to your responses
- you receive a structured report with a risk-rated score with prioritised remediation recommendations
- the report will be sent to you
The options for each service are either to purchase:
1. a self-service diagnostic ($10,000 USD + Tax/ £7,500.00 Inc VAT*), and receive an actionable report based on your inputs,
- Online diagnostic
- Instant score
- Automated PDF summary
* - The ESG, Cost Optimisation Opportunity, and Procurement Operating Model Assessments are premium self-diagnostics and the price for these is $17,000 USD + Tax/ £12,500.00 Inc VAT
2. to purchase an additional guided expert review ($7,000 + Tax/ £5,000 Inc VAT)
- Diagnostic + expert review call
- Executive summary
- Risk heatmap
- Improvement roadmap
3. an additional deep dive review ($15,000 + Tax/£10,000 Inc VAT)
- Diagnostic review
- Focus on output gaps
- Clear recommendations
- Diagnostic playbook
4. a Procurement Diagnostic Ecosystem™ Enterprise license (*$110,000.00 + Tax/ £75,000.00 Inc VAT)
- Enterprise licenses typically range from £75,000 to £180,000 per annum, depending on organisational scale and scope. Each license provides full access to the Procurement Diagnostic Ecosystem™, with optional advisory support to accelerate value delivery.
Cost Optimisation Opportunity Assessment™
This a targeted diagnostic designed to uncover untapped savings opportunities within your procurement function. In today’s environment, cost pressure is constant, but many organisations are not fully leveraging the tools, data, and strategies available to them
Contract Resilience Score™
How resilient are your contracts? Many organisations don't know, until something fails! Contracts may appear to be standard, but do they adequately provide protection. Using this 40-question executive diagnostic you will receive an instant resilience score which will make clear your remendiation priorities. It converts complex contractual architecture into a single executive-grade resilience index
Contract Renewal Leverage Index™
Companies must embraced "shift-left" strategies to manage contract renewals
Too often, they are approached reactively, with limited visibility, weak preparation, and missed opportunities to optimise value. This diagnostic provides a clear, data-driven view of your current position, highlighting where leverage exists, where it is constrained, and what actions will deliver the greatest impact
Category Management Maturity Assessment™
This a structured diagnostic designed to assess the effectiveness of your category management approach and identify opportunities to improve performance, consistency, and value delivery. Evaluate and Elevate Your Category Management Capability
Negotiation Capabilty Assessment™
The is a structured diagnostic tool designed to evaluate an individual’s effectiveness across the full negotiation lifecycle. It provides actionable insight into strengths, development areas, and overall negotiation maturity.
The assessment consists of 40 multiple-choice questions, divided into 5 core capability areas, each representing a critical dimension of negotiation performance
PMAT Assessment™
Unlock the Full Potential of Your Procurement Function. This Procurement Maturity and Transformation Assessment is a structured diagnostic designed to evaluate how effectively your procurement function is operating today, and where the greatest opportunities exist to improve performance, drive value, and increase strategic impact
ESG & Sustainable Procurement Assessment™
This is a diagnostic tool designed for experienced procurement leaders to benchmark, identify gaps, and accelerate sustainable transformation. It provides a structured, insight-driven evaluation of how effectively your procurement function integrates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into sourcing and supplier management. Built with senior procurement professionals in mind, this assessment goes beyond surface-level sustainability checks. It diagnoses operational maturity, strategic alignment, and readiness for increasing regulatory and stakeholder pressure.
Supplier Risk & Resilience Assessment™
This provides a structured, insight-led evaluation of how effectively your organisation identifies, assesses, and mitigates supplier risk across the end-to-end supply chain. Built for senior procurement, risk, and supply chain leaders, this assessment goes beyond traditional risk checklists. It diagnoses real operating capability, highlighting gaps in visibility, resilience, and response that can materially impact business continuity and performance. A consulting-grade diagnostic designed to evaluate and strengthen supply chain risk management and resilience
Procurement Diagnostic
Ecosystem ™
This is a comprehensive enterprise license designed to give organisations full access to an integrated suite of advanced procurement diagnostic tools. Built for scale and flexibility, it enables procurement leaders to assess performance, identify opportunities, and drive measurable value across the entire procurement function.
This ecosystem brings together a range of powerful diagnostics covering key areas such as spend analysis, supplier performance, risk exposure, commercial capability, and process efficiency. Each tool is designed to deliver clear, data-driven insights, helping organisations move quickly from assessment to action.
With a single enterprise license, users benefit from seamless access to all current and future diagnostic tools within the ecosystem. This ensures continuous improvement capability, allowing procurement teams to evolve in line with changing business needs and market conditions.
The platform is designed for ease of use and rapid deployment, providing intuitive outputs, visual dashboards, and structured recommendations. Whether used for benchmarking, transformation planning, or ongoing performance management, this acts as a central intelligence hub for procurement excellence