Management Team
Marc Rosen – President and Chief Operating Officer
As president and chief operating officer of Corporate United, the nation’s largest group purchasing organization, Marc Rosen oversees the company’s strategic direction, chairs the leadership team and advisory board, provides financial oversight, manages human capital deployment, and aligns key internal and external stakeholders.
Prior to joining Corporate United in 2003, Mr. Rosen was the founder and president of The Vector Group, a consulting firm that develops winning strategies to support high performance businesses. Among other roles, he has served as the vice president of strategic accounts for the Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company. While there, he lead the Global Accounts Program which accounted for $51 million in revenue.
Mr. Rosen has also served as the business unit vice president for GEA Tuchenhagen, the vice president of corporate accounts for State Industrial Products, the director of marketing, director of special projects and vice president of international accounts, as well as several other roles while at Diversey Corporation (division of the Molson Companies Ltd.).
With more than 20 years of experience and through a long string of successes, Mr. Rosen’s portfolio of clients and customers spans a universe of companies and industries, from Coca-Cola and Nestle to Applied Materials and General Electric.
Mr. Rosen has also presented at numerous industry events for organizations including the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management, the Strategic Account Management Association, the Council of Smaller Enterprises and the International Beverage Machinery Association. In addition, he has served on a number of advisory boards for private companies and non-profit organizations including The Greater Cleveland Partnership, National Machine Corporation, SGS Industries and Carbide Probes.
Mr. Rosen graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and his master’s in business administration from the University of Michigan.
"Corporate United has helped drive significant costs out of our operation through their innovative model. In our first year as a member in Corporate United we realized a six-figure savings that went right to the bottom line. CU has proven themselves as a leader in group purchasing."