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Maverick Spendnoun

Purchasing made outside approved processes or contracts.

Maverick spend is buying that bypasses agreed suppliers, contracts or approval workflows. It erodes negotiated savings and creates compliance and budget risk.

Reducing it is a key goal of procurement governance — channelling spend through requisitions, approved vendors and contracts.

Also called

  • rogue spend
  • off-contract spend

Related terms

Purchase Requisition

PR

An internal request to buy, submitted for approval before a PO is raised.

Approval Workflow

A defined chain of sign-offs a transaction must pass before proceeding.

Procure-to-Pay

P2P

The end-to-end process from requisition to supplier payment.

More in Procurement

Approved Vendor List (AVL) Bid Evaluation Blanket Purchase Order Category Management Conflict of Interest (CoI) Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Cost Avoidance Delegation of Authority (DoA)

Maverick Spend is not just a definition here

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