Guided buying

Make the right way the easy way.

Give every employee a clear path to the right supplier whether they're buying software, hardware, services, or stationery.

38%

faster software request turnaround for Proofpoint

faster software request turnaround for Proofpoint

"With Omnea's Guided Buying, we're also bringing hardware-related requests—representing an additional 30% of purchasing activity—into a single platform, combining a seamless user experience with company-wide governance."

"With Omnea's Guided Buying, we're also bringing hardware-related requests—representing an additional 30% of purchasing activity—into a single platform, combining a seamless user experience with company-wide governance."

Vlad Craciunescu

Team Manager Procurement Excellence, TeamViewer

three buying channels in one platform

Make your preferred suppliers the in-policy default.

Browse approved tools, buy from negotiated catalogs, or punch out to Amazon Business, Staples and CDW. Every route keeps spend in-policy and on the books.

PRODUCT CATALOG

Spotlight your preferred suppliers.

Spotlight your preferred suppliers.

One catalog of pre-approved tools and suppliers, covering software, hardware, agencies, and freelancers, curated however your team buys.

Instant access via SSO, automated workflow, or business owner

Instant access via SSO, automated workflow, or business owner

Supplier profiles fill themselves with Omnea AI

Supplier profiles fill themselves with Omnea AI

Pre-approved tools cut shadow IT and duplicate requests

Pre-approved tools cut shadow IT and duplicate requests

Bulk import suppliers via CSV, or pick products from Omnea's global directory

Bulk import suppliers via CSV, or pick products from Omnea's global directory

HOSTED CATALOG

Make existing stock and agreed prices easy to find.

Make existing stock and agreed prices easy to find.

A priced catalog inside Omnea lets requestors buy quoted or in-stock items at the agreed rate, without leaving the platform.

Requestors buy names items at your agreed rate

Requestors buy names items at your agreed rate

Existing stock and internal supply are surfaced first. Reducing duplicate requests

Existing stock and internal supply are surfaced first. Reducing duplicate requests

Approvals run against the real price, not an estimate

Approvals run against the real price, not an estimate

Spend limits and preferred-supplier rules apply at the point of purchase

Spend limits and preferred-supplier rules apply at the point of purchase

PUNCHOUT CATALOGS

The storefronts your team already use.

The storefronts your team already use.

Requestors punch out to approved storefronts. Their baskets flow back into Omnea for approval before being placed with the supplier.

Shop Amazon Business, Staples and CDW

Shop Amazon Business, Staples and CDW

Access the supplier's full catalog and live pricing. No maintenance necessary

Access the supplier's full catalog and live pricing. No maintenance necessary

Every basket is routed for approvals matching your policy

Every basket is routed for approvals matching your policy

the context engine

Omnea AI knows your suppliers and policies.

Omnea Agents understand the context behind relationships and past decisions — so they route duplicate requests to existing suppliers and apply the right policy to every request.

Points to existing suppliers

Points to existing suppliers

Omnea's recommendation engine matches each request against the suppliers you already use.

Omnea's recommendation engine matches each request against the suppliers you already use.

Applies the right policy

Applies the right policy

Understands rules for where spend should go: preferred suppliers, spend limits, who needs to approve what.

Understands rules for where spend should go: preferred suppliers, spend limits, who needs to approve what.

Routes every request

Routes every request

A requestor says what they need in plain language. Omnea sends them to the catalog, punch-out, or sourcing workflow.

A requestor says what they need in plain language. Omnea sends them to the catalog, punch-out, or sourcing workflow.

"Omnea is saving time for the procurement team and helping them do things they couldn't do before. But it's also unlocking that high-volume, lower-value set of transactions we just never had the time to touch.”

"Omnea is saving time for the procurement team and helping them do things they couldn't do before. But it's also unlocking that high-volume, lower-value set of transactions we just never had the time to touch.”

John Butcher

Procurement Director

The process

Basket-to-order journeys stay in policy.

Shop from inside Omnea

Steered to a supplier you already have

Checkout becomes the request

Captured at the point of purchase

Shop from inside Omnea

Steered to a supplier you already have

Checkout becomes the request

Captured at the point of purchase

Integrations

Connects where your
team already buys.

Natively punch-out into storefronts, and integrate with the ERP and access management systems that support them.

Frequently asked questions.

Still have questions?

How is this different from the punch-out we already have?

Can we bring our own catalog?

Does it cover suppliers that aren't in a catalog, like agencies or freelancers?

What about all the spend going out on company cards today?

Does it need our ERP to work?