Cost pressures, supply disruptions, shifting demand—how can retailers adapt faster?
With GEP’s procurement, supply chain, and merchandising services, retailers can cut costs, mitigate risks and drive sustainable growth.
Managing over $16 billion in client spend annually, we help retailers navigate inflation, margin compression, trade barriers, and rising costs. Partnering with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 retailers, we deliver innovative, tech-enabled solutions to transform procurement, merchandising, and supply chains.
GEP Gets Results for a Leading American Retailer
$25M
Savings achieved through SKU rationalization and supplier consolidation
62%
Suppliers reduced using GEP SMART eAuctions
400+
Redundant SKUs eliminated
We Help Retailers Derive More Value from Procurement
At GEP, we elevate your procurement function to drive efficiency and growth. From cost management and digital transformation to supplier diversity and sustainability, our solutions are tailored for modern retail companies.
Our Approach
GEP helps retailers stay ahead of inflation and economic uncertainty by building resilient procurement and supply chain operations. How?
We support the growing role of technology in the rapidly evolving retail industry and help retailers leverage AI-powered technology and tools to meet their objectives. We provide end-to-end procurement solutions in direct and indirect categories to help retailers make well-informed decisions and enhance customer experience.
Our Solutions
- Strategic cost management and indirect spend reduction
- Margin management for goods for resale
- Private label and contract manufacturing management
- Assortment and margin management services
- Supplier and enterprise risk management
- M&A services, including M&A clean-room services, post-merger integration and synergy cost-reduction programs
- Digital supply chain optimization, including supply chain restructuring services, integrated planning model design with collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment
Our Track Record
Partnering with leading global and U.S. retailers, we’ve delivered transformative procurement solutions, driving significant cost savings, operational efficiency, and long-term value across diverse categories and industries.
- Worked with an iconic U.S. retailer through a co-managed procurement model to target more than $300 million in benefits through a multi-year, end-to-end support program
- Sourced goods for retail categories worth nearly $2 billion of COGS for a leading global retailer
- Conducted S2C activities and on-demand procurement consulting for multiple regions for a leading global Fortune 500 quick-service restaurant company
- Worked with a leading U.S. specialty retailer of apparel for women and tween girls to provide end-to-end procurement services, covering transformation, cost reduction managed services, and implementation of a technology platform to support the new procurement organization
- Provided strategic cost management services to a leading global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women and children
Industry Insights
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