8% lower unit cost across the portfolio over two seasons.
A European premium beauty retailer, a portfolio of more than 800 SKUs.
Sourcing & supply chain · North Holland
Senior experts, directly.
Megiste selects and manages the factories that make your product, negotiates what it costs, and holds the launch date. The specialist you hire is the specialist who does the work.
We are hired two ways: an hourly consultation of 60 or 90 minutes, or a project engagement running from two weeks to two years.
What we do
Six things, all of them sourcing
We take on work we have personally done before, and we say so when a request falls outside that.
Hourly consulting
A paid session on one sourcing question: where to produce, whether a quote is fair, what a supplier is not telling you.
What it covers →
Sourcing agent — project based
We act as your sourcing function: finding the factory, negotiating the price, and staying on it until the goods ship.
What it covers →
Vendor management
Turning a supplier list into a managed base: scorecards, reviews, escalation and a second source where it matters.
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Negotiation
Preparing and running the commercial conversation, with the cost model built before anyone sits down.
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Project & launch management
Running the launch as a project: one dated critical path, gate reviews, and a single person chasing every supplier on it.
What it covers →
Product & packaging development
From brief to approved first batch: formula, components, artwork, regulatory copy and the dates between them.
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How we are hired
Two formats
Hourly consultation
60 min or 90 min
A session on one question. You pick a time, we confirm within one working day, and a written summary follows within two.
Project based
Two weeks to two years
Priced on scope, in writing, before we start — with a duration and a defined end. On site up to three days a week where that helps.
Track record
Named by sector rather than by client
Client and employer names are not used publicly. The detail is precise instead.
Nine months from idea to launch, on a project other suppliers had refused. The brand is now in its fifth year.
A niche fragrance brand, first launch, from idea to shelf.
A product development process the company runs itself, with one owner per stage instead of three parallel lists.
A start-up consumer brand with no product development process.
Why this shape
Small on purpose
Senior by construction
There is no junior tier to hide behind. The person who scopes the work is the person who delivers it.
Depth over breadth
One discipline, done properly. We only sell what we have personally done, and we point elsewhere when a request falls outside it.
Built to hand over
The engagement is designed to end. We leave your team able to run the supplier and the process without us.
The specialist
You hire one senior specialist
Based in North Holland, on site up to three days a week where that helps. You meet them by name in the first conversation.
Two ways to start
Request a paid session on one question, or send a project brief and we will come back with a written scope.