Objective
Find the best
1) Price
2.) Availability
3) Alternative
4) Supplier quality
Tools (in order of usage)
1. Booking System – supplier we have used before
2) One Drive database
3.) Waste App
4) Yell.com
5) Google.co.uk
Additional tools
VATCalculator.co.uk (20%) http://www.vatcalculator.co.uk/
Skills
Be proactive
Ask questions
Confirm prices
Use your Telephonics
Confirm information
Being quick BUT accurate(time is of the essence)
Things To Remember
Get names of people who gave you the prices
Check that the price is before or after VAT (everything we speak about is before VAT)
Check the postcode in Google maps before you call