The Market Gap

Why we built SmartBuyer

We believe that every company should have access to the specialist knowledge required to secure the best commercial deals possible.

We believe this expertise should be well rewarded. So we’ve built a platform to enable this. It’s called SmartBuyer, because that’s exactly what you are.

“The more you know, the more informed you’ll be, and the better equipped you’ll be to negotiate a favourable deal” - Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors

Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors

There’s a theory that you have to be the toughest negotiator to get the best deal, but that’s not true. You just have to be the most knowledgeable.

Trouble is that, with the wide variety of different products and services you need to buy to support your business, that’s a seemingly impossible task. That’s why we’ve created a network of experts to address this challenge, eliminating your learning curve and enabling your business to prosper.

Mark Coulson (MCIPS)

SmartBuyer Founder

James Hammersley (MCIPS)

SmartBuyer Founder

The Idea

Mark and James’ story

As founders, we have over 40 years of experience in Procurement. We are consistently amazed by the incredible experts within the Procurement teams we work with.

We built SmartBuyer to pool this knowledge, for their benefit and for yours.

You shouldn’t have to jump through hoops trying to justify expensive consultancies. You need swift access to the best market knowledge, cost effectively and without commitment. We built SmartBuyer to deliver this.

Friction Free

Provide the best expert advice, quickly and easily. No fluff.

External advice is too often delivered in a thirty slide powerpoint, it takes 6 weeks and comes with a 5 figure invoice. That’s inefficient and just not helpful.

Deals need to be done, time is rarely on your side.

SmartBuyer is built to give you access to experts, without any of the usual hurdles.

“Someone has got everything you need, you just have to find them.”

Our goal is to provide access to the best pre-vetted experts, with the minimum fuss. Listen to client feedback, refine, and improve.

Our platform does the heavy lifting – Access a network of experts without being drowned in the paperwork. Your time is valuable, let’s access knowledge instantly.

Buying advice tailored to your needs, from top Procurement Specialists.

Pay-as-you go model.

Longer term project delivery support available.

Confidentiality assured.

Eliminate the learning curve, access subject matter knowledge as and when you need it.