Associations and Partnerships
Sourcing and Supplier Management
Corporate United is committed to applying the highest level of knowledge and service to each of our sourcing and ongoing supplier management efforts. Occasionally, the information required to perform at this level is not resident within our membership. At those times we look outside our walls to identify the leading players in their fields to assist Corporate United and our members in establishing and managing best-in-class agreements.
Peter Kolp:
Category Manager: Relocation Services
Pete Kolp is President and Founder of Advanced Integrated Solutions (AIS), a consulting company specializing in working with companies to solve their employee relocation needs, from policy consulting to spend analysis to supplier selection to contract management. AIS has been in operation for 3 years. Prior to that Mr. Kolp held senior management positions in several relocation service companies and is also a former corporate banker.
Mr. Kolp’s professional career began as a banker working with mid-market and large-market companies, concentrating on lending and cash management services. Upon leaving the banking industry, he joined a former client in the relocation services business. For the past 24 years, Mr. Kolp has been involved with all facets of the employee relocation process. He holds several distinctions within the relocation industry.
Headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, Brightfield Strategies is a boutique consultancy comprised of forward-thinking professionals with deep experience in sourcing and contingent workforce management. Brightfield draws upon metrics-based improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma to design objective, data-driven program strategies for its Fortune 100 clients. Free from bias toward specific technology or service offerings (i.e., VMS and MSPs), Brightfield's deep domain knowledge enables its clients to develop a more sophisticated approach to contingent workforce management.
Christopher V. Goff, Esq.:
Category Manager: Pharmacy Benefits Management
Christopher Goff is President and CEO of Employers Health Coalition of Ohio and its subsidiary, Employers Health Purchasing Corporation of Ohio. Employers Health is a coalition of employers in northeast Ohio, representing over 1,000,000 covered lives. Employers Health is engaged in group purchasing, lobbying, health care quality initiatives, community health improvement and education. Prior to 1995, Mr. Goff held management positions in three managed health care organizations.
A consultant and counsel to plan sponsors in the area of employee benefits, Mr. Goff served on the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting team as an expert advisor to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for Part D pharmacy implementation activities resulting from the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. He is on the faculty of the College for Advanced Management of Health Benefits, affiliated with Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Department of Health Policy, where he teaches the pharmacy benefits management track. He also serves on the URAC PBM Accreditation and Employer Advisory Boards as well as the Pharmacy Benefits Management Institute Advisory Board.
Source One services help clients optimize their performance and profitability through cost reduction and process improvement in their Strategic Sourcing and Procure-to-Pay operations. Source One has built a strong and diverse staff with collective industry experience in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Best Practices, e-Sourcing (www.whyabe.com), Project Management, Negotiation, Telecommunications, Logistics, Inventory Management, Purchasing Management and Strategic Planning.
Source One’s blog, www.strategicsourceror.com, is featured in the Blog Center of the Corporate United website.
Education, Networking, and Market Intelligence
One of the founding ideals of Corporate United is to provide our members with access to the vast amount of information resident within our group and throughout our space. It is in that spirit that we have aligned with those elite organizations that can give our members the highest quality, cutting edge information about the supply chain space. We are very pleased to be able to have these leading firms as our partners.
Next Level Purchasing was founded in 2000 by Charles Dominick, SPSM, a former purchasing executive for more than 10 years. The company’s mission is to help purchasing professionals learn techniques to help them save money for their employers while increasing their own earnings.
Next Level Purchasing is a virtual company that uses state-of-the-art technology to help teach purchasing professionals using self-directed online classes and mini courses, so students can learn new ideas at their own pace. Next Level Purchasing’s Senior Professional in Supply Management (SPSM) Certification Program is the first purchasing certification designed to be both a globally recognized certification as well as the most modern certification available.
The cornerstone of Procurement Insights’ “mission” is to inform, equip and empower you with the insights you will need to address the challenges you face on a daily basis.
Through thought provoking articles on the Procurement Insights Blog and uniquely designed services such as our acclaimed SpeedQuest ”answer” tool to customized program analyses and a growing library of white papers, Procurement Insights and its parent company Hansen Consulting and Seminars Inc. will deliver maximum value to even the most discerning budget.
Propurchaser provides purchasing professionals with information and tools to help them better prepare for negotiations, while raising the profile and status of the purchasing profession by increasing senior-management awareness of its strategic, profit-boosting potential. Established in 1999, Propurchaser has grown to become a trusted resource for thousands of Purchasing professionals throughout North America. Corporate United members are eligible for extended free trials from Propurchaser; be sure to ask your member development representative for more information.
Sourcing Interests Group (SIG) is a membership-driven organization comprised of sourcing and outsourcing professionals. Members are focused on improving bottom-line performance, quality and customer service through strategic sourcing/procurement and outsourcing initiatives. SIG is acknowledged by many as a world leader in providing an ongoing forum and services to assist companies in strategy development, the improvement of goods and services sourcing, and the implementation and management of corporate services through outsourcing, offshoring, insourcing and shared services. Corporate United members are eligible for a discount for SIG membership; please contact your member development representative for more information.
The Spend Matters blog is dedicated to everyone that wants to gain insight into Spend Management. Jason Busch digs into the techniques, the “secret” tools of the trade, the technology, and its impact. He takes a diverse approach to exploring topics. One day he might examine the Spend Management implications of economic and trade policy. The next he might gossip about industry happenings and events. Regardless of topic, he will keep his discussion lively and on target. Because we can all agree that spend does matter.
Supply Excellence - a daily blog which features Ariba category, commodity and consulting experts discussing news, trends and analysis that impact procurement, sourcing and financial decisions. The contributors' knowledge comes from their prior work experience in their respective categories, a close following of news and events, and their participation in sourcing projects for a variety of clients, spanning multiple industries, revenue bands and regions.
Marketing and Communications
Corporate United is proud of all of our marketing and communications materials, and in addition to our fine internal marketing staff we highly value the creative and technical contributions of these partners.
Shaffer Design Works specializes in creative, design and marketing ideas for companies of all shapes and sizes. Shaffer Design Works enjoys working on a variety of different types of projects that impact an organizations bottom line. Our specialties include: logo design, corporate identity, brand management, printed brochure design, Website design, environmental design and signage, advertising ideation or anything visually connected with an organizations overall marketing plan.
Shaffer Design Works has an unprecedented reputation for our passion and work ethic connected with all of our projects. Please feel free to visit our website at: www.shafferdesign.com.
thunder::tech is an integrated marketing agency based in Cleveland, Ohio, that provides services in the areas of web, graphic design, interactive media, video, public relations and advertising.
thunder::tech supports the business objectives of its clients by crafting creative marketing messages through a variety of communication channels. By combining traditional tactics with new media, thunder::tech’s comprehensive campaigns make a lasting impact.
Consulting and Management Services
Corporate United is engaged with a broad range of the leading consulting firms in the United States. For recommendations on who within our network might best serve the needs of your organization, please contact us at
info@corporateunited.com.