CenterPoint’s Group Purchasing program gives organizations access to competitively
negotiated supplier agreements, helping reduce procurement costs without sacrificing
quality or service. By combining collective purchasing power with procurement expertise, we
help organizations achieve immediate savings while building a stronger, more strategic
procurement function.
Whether you’re looking to lower indirect spend or simplify supplier management, our group
purchasing solutions deliver measurable value from day one.
Trusted by 500 of fortune 5000 companies
Traditional group purchasing focuses on negotiated pricing. CenterPoint goes further by combining purchasing
leverage with strategic procurement support, supplier optimization, and ongoing advisory services.
Our approach helps organizations reduce costs, streamline supplier management, and continuously identify new
opportunities for procurement improvement.
Access preferred pricing and commercial terms with trusted national suppliers.
Work with procurement professionals who help evaluate suppliers, contracts, and sourcing strategies.
Continue identifying new savings opportunities through proactive procurement reviews and supplier optimization.
A Simple Path to Smarter Purchasing
identify where group purchasing can deliver the greatest value.
with your operational and financial goals.
to ensure a seamless experience.
additional opportunities to reduce costs and improve supplier value.
Purchase
Benefit from the purchasing scale of a larger network while maintaining flexibility and supplier choice.
Reduce procurement complexity by leveraging a curated network of trusted supplier partners.1
Combine purchasing power with procurement expertise to strengthen supplier relationships and commercial outcomes.
Group purchasing is just the beginning. Ongoing procurement reviews help uncover additional opportunities to optimize spend over time.
Measurable Business Impact
improve supplier performance, strengthen procurement operations, and unlock long-term
savings opportunities.
Identify savings opportunities, improve supplier pricing, and strengthen contract value across procurement categories.
Gain deeper visibility into procurement activity, supplier performance, and sourcing opportunities.
Supplier OptimizationGain deeper visibility into procurement activity, supplier performance, and sourcing opportunities.
Modernize procurement operations through automation, AI-powered sourcing, and intelligent procurement workflows.
Reduce procurement costs, improve sourcing efficiency, and automate purchasing decisions with AI-powered insights.
Your Team
hands-on execution across sourcing, supplier management, procurement transformation,
and cost optimization initiatives.
Modernize procurement through AI-powered sourcing, automated RFx workflows, and procurement intelligence tools.
Strategic sourcing, spend analysis, supplier negotiations, procurement process improvement, and cost takeout initiatives.
Critical Spend Categories
across high-impact indirect spend categories.
Smarter Procurement Performance
industries seeking measurable savings, operational efficiency, and stronger supplier
outcomes.
“I am happy to say that CenterPoint is one of AmeriHealth
Caritas
Family of Companies’ finest
business partners. They support our
business
supplies program throughout the United States with next
day delivery and prompt account
management.”
“We have utilized CenterPoint to help us audit and benchmark
our
Office Supplies purchases in North
America. They helped us improve
our overall
contract, find additional savings for this commodity, and
build on our existing good
relationships.”
“CenterPoint Group were extremely instrumental with regard to
the
facilitation of a very complex and
dynamic indirect spend RFP. Their
number
crunching, spend analysis and reporting capabilities are
invaluable services.”
“CenterPoint Group helped take my project to the next level.
They are
true professionals and I would
recommend them to anyone.”
What is a GPO, and how does it benefit my business?
A Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) combines the purchasing volume of its members to negotiate better pricing, contract terms, and service levels with suppliers. For your business, this means access to rates that would normally require far higher individual spend to qualify for. A GPO also handles supplier negotiations, contract management, and ongoing billing oversight, which frees your procurement team to focus on other priorities instead of vendor-by-vendor haggling.
What procurement categories does CenterPoint Group cover?
CenterPoint Group covers 60-70+ indirect spend categories through 300+ supplier contracts. The major categories include MRO and industrial supplies, office supplies, safety and PPE, wireless telecom, software and IT, packaging, hotels and car rental, janitorial, lab supplies, facilities, shipping, and human resources. If a category falls outside our existing contracts, our Sourcing Desk™ service can run a custom RFP to source suppliers for that specific need.
Does it cost anything to join CenterPoint Group?
No. There is no membership fee to join CenterPoint Group. Our service fee is embedded in supplier pricing, so members pay nothing out of pocket to access our pre-negotiated contracts and account management services. There are also no long-term contracts or purchase minimums required.
How quickly can a company start seeing savings after joining?
Most clients see savings within the first month. CenterPoint’s GPO contracts are pre-negotiated and ready to activate, so members can plug into existing supplier programs without waiting for a lengthy RFP process. Program onboarding typically completes in less than two weeks, and average member savings run around 20%, though specific results vary by category and current pricing.
Is there a minimum spend requirement to participate?
No. There is no minimum spend required to join CenterPoint Group. Members agree to use best efforts to source at least 80% of their related category spend through CenterPoint’s programs, but there is no dollar threshold or volume floor to qualify for membership or access pre-negotiated pricing.
Reduce costs, improve supplier performance, and modernize procurement through AI-
powered sourcing, procurement consulting, and global purchasing leverage designed for
measurable business impact.