Smarter Procurement - For CPG Companies

Helping CPG Companies Operationalize their Goals

Commodity Risk Associates Sarl (CRA) is a boutique consulting firm based in Switzerland that specializes in procurement transformation & optimization with a focus on  raw materials, indirect commodities and packaging. We focus uniquely on the consumer goods (CPG) segment.

CRA designs and implements bespoke strategic solutions along side our clients - in both procurement and corporate risk management. All solutions can also include corporate CSR objectives. We help our clients operationalize their spend transparency and cost variance mitigation goals and build institutional expertise and knowledge.

We are commodity specialists. Each member of our senior team brings at least twenty years’ experience in commodity markets –in  both physical sourcing  and financial and supplier hedging. By leveraging our  experience deep and professional networks, we assist our clients in developing their institutional expertise in market and supplier cost model analysis, pricing optimization and commodity hedging. We use a dynamic process that takes into account client stakeholder alignment, fundamentals, financial market conditions (liquidity, depth & positioning) as well as regulatory and political developments. 

We see ourselves as “coaches” and not consultants. We do not believe in the top-down approach. We help our clients build a solution that works for their unique needs and culture from the bottom up through mutual trust.