Press release · Oslo ·
Bang & Partners and Ignite partner to take Nordic companies from spend insight to realised savings
Senior procurement practitioners who execute the savings, paired with a platform that finds them and keeps track of them after the engagement ends.
OSLO, 6 October 2026 – Bang & Partners, the Oslo-based procurement consultancy, has entered a partnership with Ignite, the Nordic procurement and supplier intelligence platform. The two companies will work together to help Nordic corporates and private equity-backed companies find, realise and keep track of procurement savings. Where it makes sense for the client, Bang & Partners can use Ignite in its client projects to create faster and bigger impact.
Bang & Partners sees technology and AI as a key enabler for getting value out of procurement. The firm builds some of its tools in-house, but not all of them. Where a player in the procurement ecosystem already does something well, Bang & Partners would rather work with them and put it to use for its clients. Ignite is one of those players.
The problem the partnership addresses is a common one. External spend often accounts for 30 to 70 percent of revenue, yet many procurement teams lack a connected view of spend, contracts and suppliers. That makes it hard to see where the value sits. It is harder still to keep track of savings once they have been found and signed off.
Bang & Partners brings senior practitioners who do the work alongside client teams, from spend and maturity assessment through category optimisation and savings delivery to capability building. Ignite brings the data foundation underneath: a clean view of spend across systems, AI-supported savings opportunities, and savings tracking from the first identified opportunity to the measured outcome.
Where clients keep using Ignite after the engagement, the overview and the capability stay in the business when Bang & Partners leaves.
Bang & Partners stays independent and tool-agnostic. The company suggests a tool only when the tool is needed and is the right one for our clients.
How the partnership works
From the first spend view to savings that stay
Bang & Partners runs the work in three stages. Ignite gives each stage the data underneath it.
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Assess
Bang & Partners
Spend and maturity assessment. Where the value is, how big it is, and how to get it.
Ignite
A clean view of spend across systems, with AI-supported savings opportunities.
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Realise
Bang & Partners
Category optimisation across the full range of cost levers, run by senior practitioners with the client team.
Ignite
Savings tracked from the first identified opportunity to the measured outcome.
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Embed
Bang & Partners
Capability building, so the team keeps delivering after the engagement ends.
Ignite
The platform the procurement team keeps running, with the results on record.
Technology and AI as enabler
Senior practitioners who do the work 
Ignite Ecosystem partners where others do it well Bang & Partners is tool-agnostic. A tool is suggested only when it is needed and is the right one for the client.
In their words
“We see technology and AI as a key enabler for getting value out of procurement, and Ignite gives procurement teams the fact base that good decisions need. With Ignite in place, we can assess the opportunities faster and more accurately, and agree the ambition with our clients before execution starts. When we leave, the client keeps a tool that holds the results in place.”
“We measure our work by savings that are realised, not just identified. Our savings tools are built to take an opportunity from the first signal in the data to a result the CFO can see. Pairing that with practitioners who execute the work gives clients a shorter path from insight to realised savings.”
About the companies
About Bang & Partners
Bang & Partners is a procurement consultancy for Nordic corporates and private equity-backed companies. Senior practitioners work alongside client teams to deliver better cost, free up cash, and build the capability that keeps the value there, long after they leave.
Bang & Partners was founded in 2026 by Thor Bang-Ellingsen, who was pivotal in shaping Prokura during his 13 years at the firm. Learn more at bang.partners.
About Ignite
Ignite is the leading procurement and supplier intelligence platform, giving companies complete visibility and control over their spend and suppliers. By connecting and enriching fragmented data, Ignite turns raw information into actionable intelligence, helping teams reduce risk, uncover savings, and build stronger supplier relationships.
More than 250 Nordic businesses and municipalities use Ignite, including Veidekke, OBOS, Stena Metall, Strawberry and Jordanes. Learn more at ignite.no.
Media contact
Thor Bang-Ellingsen
Founder, Bang & Partners
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