Comprara is a 100% Australian-owned, privately held procurement advisory firm headquartered in Melbourne, with offices across Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Established over two decades ago, we partner with procurement leaders across government, ASX-listed companies, private enterprise, and not-for-profits to increase visibility, credibility, and impact. Our holistic approach combines strategic consulting, skills gap assessments, training, and data analysis — all backed by proprietary tools and a national network of specialist consultants, analysts, and facilitators. Purchasing Index, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Comprara Group, has been delivering procurement data analytics and benchmarking in Australia for 20 years.

Under the joint leadership of Benjamin Shute and Milan Panchmatia, we are a national network of specialist consultants, analysts, and facilitators who bring discipline, evidence, and accountability to every engagement. You get senior procurement judgement and specialist capability without being handed off to a generic consulting pyramid. Our team brings decades of real-world procurement, consulting, and transformation experience across Australia and international markets — including manufacturing, defence, energy, retail, financial services, and the public sector.

We deliver end-to-end procurement advisory services: from strategy and governance, through to negotiation, spend analytics, and capability development. We assess where organisations stand today, design programs to close critical gaps, and track value delivery so leadership can back procurement's agenda with confidence. Our proprietary platforms — including ProcureTRAK, SkillsGAP Analysis, and Comprara.Net — give our clients the data and tools to make evidence-based decisions and prove the impact of every initiative.

Our purpose is to help organisations gain more ground — turning procurement from a transactional function into a key competitive advantage. We believe that a well-run procurement function does far more than cut costs: it manages risk, drives innovation, builds sustainable supplier relationships, and delivers measurable value back to the business and to society.

Evidence over assumption — we replace guesswork with data. Accountability — we define success metrics upfront and measure against them. Discipline — we bring structure, process, and rigour to every engagement. Respect — we acknowledge the communities we operate in, including the traditional Aboriginal owners of country. Practicality — our tools, training, and advice are built for real-world procurement, not textbook scenarios.

We are the only procurement advisory firm that combines independent strategic consulting with proprietary assessment, analytics, and e-learning platforms under one roof. We own the trademark on 'skills gap analysis' and have assessed over 20,000 procurement professionals worldwide. Our Purchasing Index analytics engine holds insights drawn from $80B+ in benchmarked spend data. Clients receive senior practitioner-led engagements — not junior staff — and we deliver faster results without the need for additional internal resources.

Comprara acknowledges the traditional Aboriginal owners of country, recognises their continuing connection to land, water, and community, and pays respect to Elders past, present, and future.