Overview of Our Services

Blonkvist Partners provides cost reduction, supply chain effectiveness and organizational leadership consultative services. We deliver these services through a number of models - hourly/daily rates, fixed-fee, and deliverables-based consulting assignments as well as temporary staffing for procurement, supply chain and program office functions.

Blonkvist Partners also has a number of supplemental connections (friends of Blonkvist Partners) that are potentially available to support our clients. These include China-based sourcing resources, Venture Capital related firms, specialized consultancies, and a variety of technology providers.

Please see below for representative service areas, client experiences, and case studies.

Enterprise Cost Reduction

Blonkvist Partners is building a significant footprint in the sourcing and procurement independent consulting arena. Our resources have an array of experiences that include:

Business Case Development:

Coming from major consulting firms, we know how to write business case communications documents. Blonkvist Partners can provide compelling arguments for our clients to move forward with their initiatives based on benchmarks, spend fragmentation, inventory carrying costs, logistics costs, and implementation costs. We estimate savings and provide sensitivity analysis on the business cases developed.

Headcount Reduction

While not a popular subject, Blonkvist Partners has a handful of resources and strategic relationships that have significant experience with headcount reduction and redeployment. These resources understand how to identify reduction targets, design appropriate severance packages, and appropriately communicate and execute downsizing initiatives.

Strategic Sourcing:

Blonkvist Partners resources have sourced a multitude of direct materials and indirect goods and services. Our team is experienced. We have worked with various methodologies and supplier markets. We know how to conduct sourcing both efficiently and effectively. We can work with you to:

  • Review and define requirements
  • Assess supplier markets
  • Estimate savings targets
  • Define category strategy and implementation plan
  • Execute programs
  • Negotiate with suppliers
  • Establish Contracts & Contract Management Processes
  • Conduct stakeholder education

We have extensive experience with Low-Cost-Country Sourcing, particularly in the direct materials for industrial and high-tech manufacturing. Once again, we utilize in-country independent contractors or small consultancies to deliver exceptional market intelligence and on-the-ground execution.

Blonkvist Partners resources have experience with the requisite technology enablement tools of our profession. From spend analysis toolsets (e.g. Zykus, BIQ) to eRFX and Reverse Auction Toolsets (Iasta, VerticalNet, etc) to procure-to-pay technologies (Ariba, Oracle, etc), we are intimately familiar with procurement technology enablement.

Representative Client Experiences of our Network Resources:

We have has over 90 resources within our network who have an amazing set of collective experiences and capabilities:

Financial Services

  • JP Morgan
  • S&P Global
  • Fannie Mae
  • Freddie Mac
  • The Hartford
  • Aetna
  • Prudential

Manufacturers, Drop Industrial

  • Terex
  • Altec
  • Wolverine Tube
  • Waters
  • Nova Chemicals

Technology Companies

  • Western Digital
  • LinkedIn
  • Thomson Reuters

Retailers

  • Fossil
  • CVS
  • Kmart
  • A&P
  • Abercrombie & Fitch

Healthcare

  • United Healthcare
  • Cardinal Health
  • Elan Pharmaceuticals
  • Medco

Consumer Products Companies

  • PepsiCo
  • Estée Lauder
  • McCormick
  • Lorillard Tobacco
  • Masco
  • US Tobacco
  • MeadWestvaco

Skill Set Balance:

Note that our resource balance is constantly changing based on the needs of our clients

 

Cost Reduction

Supply Chain Effectiveness

Organizational Leadership

Today

40

20

20

Target

60

40

30

Locations:

 

Atlanta, GA

Other Southern

New York City Metro

Mid-West

West Coast

Other US

Low-Cost Countries

Today

8%

12%

22%

26%

15%

8%

6%

Target

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