Case Study: Fortune 500 Food Manufacturer achieves $159M in savings and 98% compliance with GEP

Fortune 500 Food Manufacturing Company - Customer Case Study

A Fortune 500 food manufacturer with multi-year global supplier relationships across North America, Latin America, EMEA and Asia Pacific faced rising commodity inflation and a fragmented indirect procurement structure that hindered efficient category management. The initial goal was to capture $100 million in indirect sourcing savings over three years while preserving quality and service levels.

GEP deployed a blended on-site multilingual and off-shore sourcing model, delivering global spend analysis, category expertise and program governance across 165 projects to drive standardization and best-practice sharing. The program generated $159 million in savings, achieved up to 98% compliance (versus a 79% industry average), and delivered enterprise-wide spend visibility with drill-down reporting by region, business unit, category and supplier.