Solution for Buyers

Corporate United understands that in the evolving spend management space, purchasing professionals are being asked to do more with less. From handling direct and indirect spend, negotiating contracts, and managing suppliers, to working with other departments and staying current on best purchasing practices; procurement needs to do more than ever to support their businesses.

The Corporate United solution addresses this dilemma by helping members quickly achieve cost savings by executing our pre-negotiated leveraged contracts. They realize the full value of our approach, however, when they experience our implementation and compliance support, reap the benefits of our contract management and supplier development, and participate in our committee-based sourcing and supplier management processes. Members across industry sectors discover that they have more time to devote to their more strategic initiatives while Corporate United helps to manage their indirect spend.

Corporate United’s value proposition – centering on leverage, knowledge, support and efficiency – becomes clearer still as members become more involved in the organization. They begin to identify themselves as part of a $500 billion enterprise and expect the pricing, terms and conditions, and visibility that come with that status.

Members realize that they no longer have to buy expensive reports or attend broadly themed conferences to benchmark against like companies; they have a dynamic network of spend management professionals that freely share best practices and their solutions to everyday issues.

Corporate United’s continual efforts of sourcing, implementation, and supplier and contract management allow members to gain unprecedented resource flexibility. The efficiency that Corporate United provides its members through its pre-negotiated contracts and related services help members take a “lean” approach to supply chain and quickly realize identified savings. Most importantly, this efficiency does not come at the expense of quality. Rather, Corporate United’s proactive approach to supplier and contract management ensures a high level of attention throughout the contract lifecycle.