Founding Member of FormIGA – the global Industry for Good Alliance

AGILE SOURCING WORKING GROUP

Agile sourcing introduces a more iterative, collaborative, and flexible approach to strategic sourcing—one that mirrors agile principles in product development. The group’s work equips organisations to:

Streamline decision-making,
Adapt swiftly to changing requirements,
Engage suppliers more effectively,
And, ultimately, drive better outcomes from sourcing efforts.

If you would like to join any of the workstreams, please contact the GSA at admin@gsa-uk.com.

🛠 Purpose and Focus

Clarify "Agile Sourcing" — defining what it is (and isn't), how it differs from agile procurement, when to employ it, and where it fits in the sourcing lifecycle
Develop Guiding Principles — establishing the key characteristics of agile sourcing, the behaviors required for success, stakeholder roles, and necessary governance frameworks
Create a Maturity Framework — enabling both buyers and suppliers to assess their readiness and competencies for adopting agile sourcing
Benchmark Benefits — measuring the real-world business value and outcomes delivered by agile sourcing

View the Readiness Assessment Framework here.

At our May Agile Sourcing Working Group session, practitioners, advisers, and suppliers were candid about where things actually stand: a technology moving faster than the frameworks designed to manage it. Agentic AI is already in production at some organisations. Transparency to suppliers about when AI is evaluating their bids is largely absent. And if the underlying data is skewed — and much of it is — AI will scale that distortion, not correct it.

The piece sets out what the industry needs to build: actionable governance, a transparency standard for AI use in procurement, strategic alignment before tool selection, and investment in training people to use these tools well. The organisations that will get this right are not the ones moving fastest — they are the ones moving most deliberately.

Read our thought leadership piece here

LAUNCH OF THE AGILE SOURCING BEST PRACTICE GUIDE

We are pleased to announce the official launch of The Agile Sourcing Best Practice Guide — the culmination of two years of focused collaboration and innovation within the Agile Sourcing Working Group

Join Hemant Puthli, Chair of the Agile Sourcing Working Group and Kerry Hallard, CEO of the GSA as they walk us through the vision, development journey, and strategic importance of ASBG. Gain valuable insights into the principles that shaped it and what this means for the future

AGILE SOURCING EVENTS

The GSA's Sustainable Strategic Sourcing Summit

GSA Festival of Sourcing 2024 & Launch of FormIGA.

Agile Sourcing - A Driver for an Industry for Good

Hemant Puthli, Chair of Agile Sourcing Working Group and Partner & Managing Director of Neo Group.
Richard Scott -

The GSA's Sustainable Sourcing Symposium:

An update from the Agile Sourcing Working Group

Hemant Puthli, Chair of Agile Sourcing Working Group and Partner & Managing Director of Neo Group.