General Nutrition Centers Inc. partners with Proactis Sourcing Services
August 20 2018 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Managed sourcing events with Proactis provide the perfect
platform for GNC’s future sourcing strategy
Proactis, the global spend management and B2B eCommerce company,
today announced that General Nutrition Centers (GNC) Inc. has
selected Proactis to plan and execute online sourcing events.
GNC is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional
products – including vitamin, mineral, herbal and other specialty
supplements and sports nutrition, diet and energy products – with
more than 4,800 retail locations throughout the United States and
operations in 46 international markets.
Given GNC’s substantial growth in recent years, increasing the
procurement capacity for running competitive sourcing events was
essential to maximise efficiencies and savings across the
business.
Tricia Tolliver, Chief Financial Officer of GNC said, “Proactis
Sourcing Services gives us access to knowledge and best-in-class
tools to expand and optimise our sourcing efforts and enables us to
find and secure new opportunities to deliver greater value.”
These successful managed sourcing events with Proactis provide
the perfect platform for GNC’s future sourcing strategy.
“A successful eSourcing program that positively impacts every
corner of an organisation requires a partner that truly understands
the company’s unique needs and challenges,” said Len Kaplan, Vice
President Managed Sourcing Sales at Proactis. “With this approach
GNC can not only deliver significant savings but use it as a
platform to extend its ongoing financial transformation.”
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About Proactis
Proactis helps organisations around the world to operate faster,
leaner, smarter by rethinking the way they do commerce to thrive in
the digital economy. We enable both buyers and sellers to eliminate
wasted time, money and talent by transforming the way they buy and
sell goods and services, while eliminating risk.
Proactis solutions are used daily by over 3 million people in
100+ countries, serving 1,000 enterprise clients. Our integrated
spend management solutions streamline every aspect of buying and
paying for all types of goods and services, while our integrated
digital marketing, selling and invoicing solutions streamline B2B
sales processes.
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About GNC
GNC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GNC), headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA,
is a leading global specialty health, wellness and performance
retailer.
GNC connects customers to their best selves by offering a
premium assortment of heath, wellness and performance products,
including protein, performance supplements, weight management
supplements, vitamins, herbs and greens, wellness supplements,
health and beauty, food and drink and other general merchandise.
This assortment features proprietary GNC and nationally recognised
third-party brands.
GNC's diversified, multi-channel business model generates
revenue from product sales through company-owned retail stores,
domestic and international franchise activities, third-party
contract manufacturing, e-commerce and corporate partnerships. As
of March 31, 2018, GNC had approximately 8,900 locations, of which
approximately 6,700 retail locations are in the United States
(including approximately 2,400 Rite Aid franchise
store-within-a-store locations) and franchise operations in
approximately 50 countries.
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