01OPPORTUNITY
An Opportunity Beyond Current Capability
A significant contract or growth opportunity calls for a proposition that is clearly defined, commercially structured and ready to pursue.
INDEPENDENT BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Are you an ambitious business that needs clarity, structure, capability or execution - at the speed of the opportunity?
I work with established owner-led businesses ready to improve, grow or build capability. Tell me the objective, requirement or opportunity – I’ll shape the solution, structure the route to delivery and stay involved for as much or as little of the execution as you need.
Result-as-a-Service
One business owner to another.
RACE
Mobilise and execute at the SPEED of the commercial opportunity.
FOR
Effort exists FOR a defined business outcome, rather than consultancy activity for its own sake.
VALUE
Success is measured by VALUE created, protected or accelerated.
When RaceForValue Gets Involved
Typical situations where focused external capability can accelerate a business outcome.
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02SCALE
Growth Has Outpaced the Operating Model
As the business grows, roles, decision-making, processes and controls need to evolve with the scale and pace of the operation.
03ASSURANCE
Governance Must Stand Up to Scrutiny
Certification, customer due diligence and audit demand governance that is proportionate, evidenced and embedded in day-to-day operations.
04EXECUTION
The Plan Is Not Becoming Working Practice
A transformation or system change has direction; the next step is turning that direction into coordinated implementation across the business.
05COMMERCIAL
Commercial Value Is Leaking
Supplier arrangements, contracts, costs and procurement decisions can be structured to strengthen control, protect margin and improve commercial value.
06CAPABILITY
Senior Capability Is Needed Temporarily
A defined requirement benefits from experienced senior ownership for a specific period, workstream or outcome.
EXPERTISE
Tell Me What You Need.
I’ll Shape the Route to Delivery.
RaceForValue is not limited to strategy work. I can define the approach, build the solution, run the workstream or deliver the project — depending on what the requirement calls for.
From a focused piece of work to a wider transformation, the scope is shaped around the outcome rather than a predefined consulting package.
01Business Change & Operating Delivery
Design, restructure and implement the way your business operates — from strategy and planning through to hands-on delivery and mobilisation.
- Operating model design
- Process redesign
- Project and workstream ownership
- Implementation and mobilisation
- Roles, decision rights and controls
02Commercial, Procurement & Bid Delivery
Drive commercial performance, manage procurement and turn opportunities into costed, competitive and deliverable propositions.
- Cost recovery and control
- Procurement and sourcing
- Supplier management
- Contract and commercial strategy
- Bid and tender management
- Cost modelling and pricing
- Capability-to-revenue mobilisation
03Governance, ISO & Management Systems
Design and implement management systems, policies, SOPs and controls that work in practice and stand up to audit and customer scrutiny.
- ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001
- Governance and risk
- Policies, SOPs and procedures
- Audit preparation and evidence
- Compliance and due diligence
04Process, Systems & Automation
Map, redesign and automate processes, define system requirements and support implementation to improve control, performance and productivity.
- Process mapping and redesign
- System requirements
- ERP / CRM / business systems
- Workflow design and automation
- Data and process integration
05Project & Specialist Delivery
Bring in experienced, independent capability to lead a defined project, workstream or specialist requirement — on a fractional, interim or consultancy basis.
- Project and workstream delivery
- Interim / fractional leadership
- Specialist resource and expertise
- Project rescue and mobilisation
- Tailored support for unique needs
PORTFOLIO
Different Requirements. Different Work. Value You Can See.
A selection of RaceForValue engagements, showing the work delivered and the value created.
REAL CHALLENGES. PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. MEASURABLE VALUE.
EXPERTISE PROOF · 01 / 05
BUSINESS CHANGE & OPERATING DELIVERY
Enterprise Third-Party Risk Operating Model Redesign
Financial Services · UK & EU Regulated
THE REQUIREMENT
Redesign a fragmented supplier-risk environment into a regulator-aligned operating model spanning Risk, Procurement, IT, Legal and business ownership.
WHAT I LED
Enterprise TPRM maturity and regulatory assessment · three-lines governance design · supplier segmentation and ICT classification · RACI redesign · contractual-control remediation · resilience integration and Board reporting.
BUSINESS IMPACT
ENTERPRISE-WIDE OPERATING MODEL IMPLEMENTED — DORA-aligned ICT supplier classification, formal material-outsourcing governance, stronger concentration-risk visibility and improved audit and supervisory readiness.
EXPERTISE PROOF · 02 / 05
COMMERCIAL, PROCUREMENT & BID DELIVERY
Strategic Cost Recovery & Contract Re-engineering
Manufacturing · Logistics · Energy · Engineering
THE REQUIREMENT
Recover commercial value from supplier pricing, legacy contract structures and under-performing arrangements while maintaining operational continuity.
WHAT I LED
Spend and cost-driver diagnostics · contract-performance audit · identification of overcharge and leakage · supplier renegotiation · pricing restructuring · sourcing and supplier-portfolio optimisation.
BUSINESS IMPACT
MULTI-MILLION-POUND SAVINGS & RECOVERIES — Material contract overcharges recovered, recurring commercial leakage reduced and stronger long-term pricing and contract controls established.
EXPERTISE PROOF · 03 / 05
GOVERNANCE, ISO & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Integrated Management System Design & Implementation
ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 · ISO 45001
THE REQUIREMENT
Design and implement one integrated management system capable of supporting certification while working effectively within everyday operations.
WHAT I LED
Enterprise gap analysis · integrated governance architecture · policies and SOPs · risk and compliance controls · RACI · corrective-action workflows · management review · internal audit and certification preparation.
BUSINESS IMPACT
ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 · ISO 45001 CERTIFICATION ACHIEVED — One integrated operating system replaced disconnected controls, reduced governance duplication and strengthened audit readiness and organisational control.
EXPERTISE PROOF · 04 / 05
PROCESS, SYSTEMS & AUTOMATION
AI-Enabled Public Sector Bid Capability
Renewable Energy · Public Procurement · AI
THE REQUIREMENT
Create a repeatable capability for developing complex public-sector bids across technical, commercial and compliance disciplines.
WHAT I LED
Designed and deployed an AI-enabled bid environment comprising 1 coordinating agent + 8 specialist sub-agents on Google infrastructure, structured around the multidisciplinary tender-development workflow.
BUSINESS IMPACT
£440K PROJECT SECURED WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS — A reusable AI-enabled bid capability was established around an estimated £3m annual revenue opportunity at the stated 10% conversion scenario, rather than creating a one-off tender response.
EXPERTISE PROOF · 05 / 05
PROJECT & SPECIALIST DELIVERY
Capability to Revenue
Renewable Energy · Critical Infrastructure
THE REQUIREMENT
Develop a significant live opportunity from preliminary customer requirements into a technically defined, commercially credible proposition capable of competing against an established route to market.
WHAT I LED
Multidisciplinary development spanning technical definition, quantities, procurement and supply chain, resource planning, costing, risk, project controls and value engineering.
BUSINESS IMPACT
£2.1M COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPED — £87.50 opportunity value per £1 of professional-services input, with a reusable pre-contract framework created for comparable future opportunities.
R-a-a-S
Results-as-a-Service
Commission the outcome.
Shape the work around it.
RaceForValue engagements are commissioned around a defined business result rather than a job title, fixed package or single discipline.
The required result becomes the organising point for the engagement. From there, I establish the capability, workstreams and delivery needed to achieve it — bringing together the right commercial, operational, governance, process and specialist input.
The level of involvement is shaped around the requirement. That may mean defining the strategy, leading the workstream, building the solution, implementing it hands-on, or creating a structured delivery plan for the business to take forward internally.
Scope, responsibilities, milestones and success measures are agreed at the outset, creating clear accountability for delivery while retaining the flexibility to respond to the requirement itself.
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RESULT
What needs to be achieved.
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SCOPE
The capability and work required.
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DELIVERY
What I take ownership of.
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EVIDENCE
How progress and completion are demonstrated.
ABOUT KATY
Katy Lukasik
I’m the founder of RaceForValue and an independent business consultant based in Northumberland. Working with businesses across the UK.
I’ve worked across procurement, commercial management, business transformation and operations for more than 16 years, working with organisations of different sizes and across a wide range of industries.
My career has gradually taken me well beyond the discipline I started in. I’ve worked on everything from procurement and commercial programmes to systems implementation, ISO management systems, process improvement, governance, tenders and wider business transformation.
That variety is probably the best description of my experience. I enjoy understanding how a business works, getting into the detail when it matters, and working across different functions rather than staying within one particular discipline.
RaceForValue brings that experience together in my own consultancy.
BA (Hons) Business Administration · MCIPS Level 6 · Lean Six Sigma Black Belt · ISO Integrated Management Systems Lead Auditor
Regulatory, Standards & Assurance Environments
Quality, Safety & Certification
ISO · UKAS · HSWA · SSIP · CHAS
Financial Services, Risk & Data
DORA · EBA · PRA · FCA · EU AI Act · UK GDPR · PECR · AML/KYC
Public Procurement
Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) · Utilities Procurement / UCR16 experience
Life Sciences & Regulated Manufacturing
MHRA · cGMP
Renewables & Sustainability
MCS · SSI — Solar Stewardship Initiative · ESG · EPD
What's the ambition for your business?
Tell me what you would like to achieve, build or take forward. I’ll help you establish the right route, shape the engagement around the requirement and determine where RaceForValue can add value.