Rising costs, volatile supply chains and evolving customer demands — today's businesses are facing many challenges, making it difficult to stay ahead of the curve and achieve goals.
GEP's Sourcing & Category Management Services help you overcome these challenges and achieve your objectives with confidence. We have a proven track record of over 25 years partnering with leading companies to lower costs, improve supplier performance, enhance agility and reduce risk — all while driving sustainable growth and enhancing long-term shareholder value.
Our Approach and Solutions
Our offerings span across key areas like rapid SG&A cost reduction, resilience and risk management, cost of goods sold (COGS) transformation, inflation mitigation and working capital agility.
Market insights and advanced AI analytics help us pinpoint untapped savings potential. We then collaborate with you to turn those insights into tangible results
Effective supplier management and compliance-focused contract strategies are at the core of our risk reduction methods. We offer comprehensive risk assessments and mitigation planning
GEP leads with an innovative approach to supplier interaction, preparing leaders to navigate shaky supply chains and capitalize on new capabilities in AI and analytics, while ensuring value maximization through strategic partnerships and performance management
GEP enhances procurement operations with best practices and automation, streamlining the end-to-end process to elevate efficiency and accuracy in transactions
Category Excellence in Action
Our deep expertise and cutting-edge tools empower your business to optimize categories, streamline sourcing, and unlock measurable value, ensuring you stay ahead in a dynamic procurement landscape.
Category Optimization
Through category strategy development and mapping, we tailor solutions that balance global reach with local expertise. Our AI-enhanced tools and in-depth market knowledge, backed by seasoned SMEs and a wealth of industry-specific data, equip you with the insights to elevate category management and drive measurable performance.
Category Managers
Our category managers are commodities and materials specialists, highly focused on the individual requirements and realities of critical markets. With a powerful mix of high-caliber analytical and sourcing tools, talent and best-in-class support infrastructure, we deliver value from day one.
Strategic Sourcing
Our teams annually take over $300 billion worth of procurement activities to market, encompassing all indirect categories and essential direct sectors such as MRO, CAPEX, technology, packaging, energy, logistics and transportation, and professional services.
Results-Oriented Partner
Innovative, flexible and results oriented, GEP is your ideal partner for overcoming the challenges of today's procurement landscape.
