Purpose Procurement is an Australian, woman-owned consultancy committed to harnessing the power of procurement to drive meaningful change.
Our Purpose
Purpose Procurement partners with organisations to leverage procurement and supply chain strategy as a driver for performance, resilience, and long-term value. We work with leadership teams to design and implement fit-for-purpose frameworks and operating models that strengthen planning, enhance decision-making, and unlock value through more effective supplier engagement, market access, and strategic partnerships.
A cornerstone of our work is aligning procurement and supply chain policies, governance, and processes with organisational strategy and ways of working. This ensures that all procurement, tender, and supplier activities are underpinned by robust systems, clear processes, and human-centred practices, closing gaps between intent and execution, improving accountability, and enabling sustainable operational performance. By embedding these foundations, clients are positioned to achieve both commercial and social outcomes.
Our approach is collaborative and people-focused, recognising that strong relationships, aligned ways of working, and disciplined execution are critical to sustainable, high-performing supply chains.
What sets Purpose Procurement apart is our ability to translate ESG-aligned procurement commitments into real-world actionable results, supporting SMEs, underrepresented groups, and large organisation to generate measurable social, economic, and operational impact. Through this integrated approach, procurement becomes a strategic lever for innovation, growth, and long-term enterprise value.
Michelle Creevey
Founder & CEO
Michelle is a nationally recognised leader in supply chain strategy and social procurement, with over 19 years of delivering strategic outcomes across complex, high-value and highly regulated industries. She brings executive-level expertise in designing and leading end-to-end procurement and supply chain frameworks, including governance, policy and procedures, operating models, systems, tools, and capability uplift.
She spent more than a decade on the extended leadership team of the world’s largest aviation/aerospace organisation, where she contributed to enterprise-wide activities and led domestic programs spanning strategic procurement and supply chain frameworks, tender and market access strategies, and supplier capability development. Her work strengthened commercial performance, improved assurance and consistency, and enabled scalable, fit-for-purpose procurement operating models.
Alongside this, Michelle is a recognised thought leader in social procurement and inclusive supply chains. She has designed award-winning strategies featured in Forbes, embedding social value, SME participation, and First Nations economic inclusion into core procurement frameworks – demonstrating that strong governance and systems, and human-centred practices are essential enablers of meaningful social and economic impact.
Michelle’s strength lies in connecting strategy, governance, policy, processes, and technology to organisational objectives, ensuring procurement and supply chain functions deliver measurable operational, commercial, and social outcomes. Through Purpose Procurement, she partners with organisations and SMEs to navigate complex supply chains, align frameworks with leadership strategy, and build resilient, high-performing, and inclusive supplier ecosystems.
Our Services
Our services are available remote or in-person.
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Many organisations experience friction between procurement policy, operating procedures, systems, and day-to-day execution – resulting in inefficiency, limited visibility, inconsistent decision-making, and under-realised supplier value. Left unaddressed, these gaps constrain growth, weaken governance, and erode the organisation’s ability to respond strategically to market and regulatory demands.
At Purpose Procurement, we work with executive teams to review, design, and strengthen end-to-end supply chain frameworks and procurement operating models that are aligned to organisational strategy, risk appetite, and performance objectives. This includes governance structures, policy and procedures, role clarity, decision rights, and the practical integration of systems and tools that enable consistent, scalable execution.
Our approach is deliberately human-centred. We focus on how frameworks are adopted and sustained in practice – ensuring policies and procedures are clear, usable, and embedded through capability uplift, leadership alignment, and change-aware implementation. This enables procurement and supply chain functions to operate with confidence, accountability, and commercial discipline.
By aligning strategy, governance, processes, and people, we help organisations build resilient, high-performing supply chains that support long-term growth, strengthen assurance, and position procurement as a strategic driver of enterprise value.
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Supplier relationships are a critical source of performance, resilience, and innovation – yet many organisations struggle to move beyond transactional engagement, fragmented supplier interactions, and compliance-driven approaches. This often results in underperforming supply chains, constrained market access, and missed opportunities to unlock long-term value.
At Purpose Procurement, we design and strengthen Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) frameworks that align commercial objectives, risk management, and social value outcomes. We work with executive teams, procurement leaders, and delivery partners to establish clear supplier segmentation, governance, engagement models, and performance mechanisms that enable consistent, value-driven relationships across the supply base.
We operate across both sides of the supply chain. For Australian-owned SMEs, we provide targeted advisory and mentoring to build procurement readiness, strengthen commercial capability, and position them to participate credibly in government, defence, infrastructure, and major project environments. For large organisations and prime contractors, we support the effective identification, engagement, and integration of SMEs – including women, veteran, and Indigenous-owned enterprises – into complex supply chains.
By connecting SRM strategy with capability uplift and disciplined execution, we help organisations build inclusive, resilient, and high-performing supplier ecosystems that deliver operational excellence, innovation, and measurable economic and social outcomes.
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Winning government contracts and major projects requires more than compliance – it demands a clear articulation of value, differentiation, and measurable impact. Many organisations struggle to move beyond baseline requirements, limiting their ability to capture strategic opportunities and influence outcomes.
At Purpose Procurement, we partner with executive teams and SMEs to develop and implement strategic bid and market access frameworks that position organisations for success in complex, high-value procurement environments. For SMEs, we provide capability-building, advisory, and mentoring to translate complex tender requirements into compelling, differentiated bids that showcase commercial strengths, governance rigour, and social value.
For larger organisations and prime contractors, we design and embed First Nations and social outcomes strategies that go beyond policy compliance – ensuring social, economic, and community impact is measurable, credible, and integrated into the bid approach.
Our approach extends beyond bid writing. We provide forward-looking, actionable strategies that align with government and industry frameworks, optimise supplier ecosystems, and embed measurable social and economic outcomes – enabling organisations to differentiate themselves, mitigate risk, and secure sustainable growth through competitive procurement opportunities.