David Clevenger – Vice President
2007, 2008 & 2009 Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine “Pro to Know”
As vice president of Corporate United, the nation’s largest group purchasing organization, David Clevenger leads the operations, category management and marketing functions. He is responsible for prioritizing the company’s portfolio of leveraged agreements, as well as developing supplier relationships. Prior to this position, Mr. Clevenger directed Corporate United’s strategic sourcing and supplier management functions.
Since joining Corporate United in 2004, the company has more than tripled in size to more than 140 member companies. In addition, Corporate United was featured in Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine’s Executive 100 in 2006 and 2007, the only group purchasing organization to do so. Mr. Clevenger was also named as one of the magazine’s “Pros to Know” in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Prior to joining Corporate United, Mr. Clevenger spent four years at leading software and services provider, FreeMarkets, Inc. Among other roles, Mr. Clevenger led the global MRO and services sourcing practice. While there, he developed widely adopted strategies for functional alignment and assisted in developing total cost bidding technologies, for which he holds a patent.
Mr. Clevenger is an expert in indirect spend management and functional alignment and has extensive experience in e-sourcing and supply chain consulting. He has written industry articles and participated in numerous interviews and panels for Purchasing Magazine, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the Washington Post business blog, the National Business Travelers Association, as well as various industry associations and trade publications, to discuss a wide range of indirect supply chain topics, including: functional alignment and the use of technology within the supply chain.
Mr. Clevenger is a regular presenter at industry events, including: the Institute for Supply Management’s professional development dinner and the inaugural ProcureCon indirect conference, Sourcing Interests Group’s Global Sourcing Summit and a Resources Global
Professionals conference to name a few. His presentation topics include; the relevance of group purchasing in the current economic climate, his vision for the advancement of the procurement discipline, indirect sourcing, and functional alignment.
Before entering the supply chain industry, Mr. Clevenger worked in financial services, serving more than four years in various roles at Mellon Financial Services Corporation. He is graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
"The greatest return on the investment and effort of getting involved in a GPO is that sourcing managers now can focus their time on more strategic assignments while retaining the value of the outsourced expertise on the supplier’s pricing strategy. Corporate United provides an opportunity to leverage spend with minimal additional resource allocation."