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Negotiations

Negotiation Preparation

We help prepare every important procurement negotiation: defining the goal, building argumentation, preparing BATNA, modelling scenarios and training the team. The result is confidence that you enter the negotiation room with an information advantage.

Negotiating advantage is not created at the table. It is created in the weeks of analysis that precede the meeting.

Problem

Where organisations get stuck

  1. Insufficient preparation for key supplier negotiations

  2. No negotiation structure and clear conversation goal

  3. Weak position against well-prepared supplier representatives

Approach

How engagements work

  1. 01

    Current position analysis and supplier starting point

  2. 02

    Goals, BATNA and minimum requirements definition

  3. 03

    Argumentation and counter-argumentation build

  4. 04

    Negotiation simulation and debrief

Results

What changes operationally

  1. 01

    Complete negotiation strategy with goals and concession limits

  2. 02

    Factual argumentation and BATNA for each side

  3. 03

    Practised conversation scenario and team ready to enter

Format

Engagement format
1-5 day format; preparation workshops and simulation session.
Capability area
Negotiations

See also

Related areas

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SPOT Analysis

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Supplier Negotiation Support

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Let's talk about what this looks like in your organisation.