Vendor Neutral Programmes

At Portal, we focus upon creating, structuring and delivering unbiased, fair and equitable solutions that improve our clients' ability to manage their resourcing needs.

The growth in popularity of the Vendor Neutral model owes much of its success to targeting cost savings by the automation and centralisation of the resourcing function through a single entity acting as a channel into a rationalised supply chain.  This mechanism has proved particularly popular in the Public Sector, where significant cost reductions have been realised through achieving better economies of scale.

However, as employers continue to compete to attract the best resources from the market, a unilateral approach to meeting immediate cost reduction targets, often leaves the client with an unmotivated and uninvolved supply chain, unable or unwilling to support the needs of the business.  Without their continued support, knowledge and access to the candidate market, the client can weaken its position as an “employer of choice” and once the immediate technology related savings have been delivered, is unable to achieve further improvements to its business.

Portals Vendor Neutral model delivers long-term value by bringing together the “best of breed” in solution design, technology and consulting to meet the individual and collective needs of the organisation.  We work with Procurement, Finance, Human Resources and business unit functions to ensure that the final solution has the full support and understanding of key stakeholders.  Through this approach, we are better placed to engage suppliers in a process that is clear and sustainable, offering opportunity and in return securing loyalty and consistency of service.

The following benefits can be achieved through the deployment of Portal's Vendor Neutral model.

• A cost effective solution that achieves economies of scale (delivering realistic direct and indirect cost savings)
• Deployment of market leading technology solutions aimed at automating the complete end-to-end workflow process
• Effective, trustworthy and knowledgeable supply chain selection and management (SCM)
• Creative talent management and talent ‘pooling’ aimed at maintaining skills levels once procured
• One point of contact for all requirements providing central visibility and tracking
• Continuous improvement in the quality of candidate attraction
• Clear, robust governance of the Neutral Vendor solution once deployed

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