How can you enhance strategic sourcing? Today's procurement teams are poised to impact both the top and bottom line. How can they maximize cost savings while driving additional value?
GEP has answers to these questions. As a top strategic sourcing outsourcing services provider, we combine local teams in major markets across Europe, Asia and the Americas with proprietary analytics, sourcing methods, talent and infrastructure to align with your business goals. We maximize cost savings and generate value beyond traditional procurement capabilities. We hit the ground running and deliver greater value from day one.
Unlocking Opportunity Through Innovation
As a leading sourcing services provider, our consulting and delivery approach is flexible and we tailor solutions to your goals. Whether it’s running multiyear programs or short-term, category-specific engagements to bolster in-house expertise, we deliver results.
Opportunity Assessment
GEP conducts a comprehensive review of historical spend and stakeholder inputs to evaluate your current sourcing processes. Using advanced supply market intelligence, we identify high-potential categories and create a detailed savings roadmap to unlock immediate and long-term value.
Techniques and tools we deploy include:
- Spend Consolidation
- Demand Management
- Should-Cost Analysis
Learn more about GEP’s opportunity assessment services.
Direct and Indirect Sourcing
GEP adopts a holistic approach toward spend management, delivering measurable results across both direct and indirect spend.
- Direct sourcing: We ensure continuity of production, protect your bottom line, and drive supplier innovation.
- Indirect Sourcing: We optimize costs and tackle inefficiencies like maverick buying, supporting long-term financial health.
Our expertise extends beyond traditional methods to include:
- Product Rationalization
- Value Improvement
- Continuous Improvement
GEP leverages its expertise in managing $450 billion in annual spend to deliver strategic insights, customized solutions and exceptional results.
Low-Cost Country Sourcing
Achieve up to 30% incremental savings by sourcing from low-cost regions. GEP’s expertise in global market intelligence and supplier transitions ensures seamless implementation, helping enterprises unlock significant value.
Our approach addresses operational cost reduction and includes ongoing innovation to identify further savings opportunities.
Read more about LCCS services from GEP.
Why GEP: Expertise, Insight and Global Market Scale
- More than 200 category experts and sourcing consultants
- Dedicated supply market intelligence and analytics teams
- State-of-the-art analytical and eSourcing software tools
- Extensive database of over 35 million global suppliers
- Best practices, processes, and templates repository
- Global footprint with local teams in all major markets
Key Categories We Support
GEP brings enterprises a wealth of category expertise on demand. We offer specialized category management services for a broad range of essential categories, including:
Facility Management, Maintenance Services, Engineering Services, Industrial Supplies, Environment & Safety, Co-Manufacturing, Fabrication, Manufacturing and Other Equipment, PVF, PTB, HVAC, and Other MRO Supplies
FTL, LTL, Intermodal, Ocean Freight, Air Freight, Express Mail, Small Packages, 3PL / Warehouse, Fleet Management, Others
Temporary Staffing, Office Supplies, Human Resources & Benefits, Professional Services, Facilities & Real Estate, Fleet Relocation, Air Travel, Hotels, Rental Cars
Corrugated, Pallets, Stretch / Shrink Wrap, Plastic Bottles, Poly Bags, Folding Cartons, Labels, Glass Jars / Caps, Others
Market Research, Media Production, Media Buying, Print & Promotion, Creative Services, FSI, Website Development, Comps, Displays
IT Hardware, Software, IT Maintenance & Support, IT Consulting, IT Outsourcing, Telecom Hardware, Telecom Data & Voice Services
Chemicals, Metals, Plastics, Food Ingredients, Coal, Energy, Textiles, Electronics, Subcomponents, Finished Goods, Others
We’ve had a very successful sourcing partnership with GEP. They’ve helped supplement our procurement team with subject matter experts who worked closely with us to get us focused.
B. Braun
Corporate VP, Strategic Procurement
