How does GMS fit into the bigger picture of its parent company ?
GMS is part of the Vedior Group of companies. Vedior is one of the world's leading staffing companies. The Group operates in 35 countries with a network of 2,243 offices worldwide including Europe, North America, Australasia, South Africa, South America and Asia. Vedior provides a broad range of staffing services through distinct brand names targeting specific sectors including traditional administrative/light industrial sectors and specialist sectors such as information technology, healthcare, accounting, engineering and education. We offer temporary staffing, permanent placement and other employment-related services. For more information on Vedior, NV, please visit www.vedior.com

How long has GMS been in existence and what was the driving force behind its creation ?
Founded in November of 2000, Global Managed Services was conceived to fulfill the needs of clients who increasingly rely on experts to provide strategic solutions for the procurement, management, and reporting of their contingent workforce. Global Managed Services is a separately managed and operated business line with the ability to partner with delivery lines when an organization is looking for a turn-key solution.

If I sign an agreement with GMS what type of service can I expect ?
At GMS, our goal is to provide our customers with the most seamless and efficient quality service we possibly can. In today's marketplace, we know that providing this kind of service requires a strong collaborative relationship with all of our service partners.

We're very careful about selecting our Alliance Suppliers, and, once selected, we treat our suppliers like customers. We will take the time to work closely with you on every client account, respond quickly to your inquiries, and work closely with you to evaluate additional mutual client opportunities.

Will GMS partner with me to support any of their other customers ?
Absolutely. We like to leverage our Alliance Supplier relationships in every way possible. We evaluate all opportunities to work with existing suppliers to "cross-service" our client accounts. In this way, we're able to enhance our supplier relationships and provide better coverage, as well as service quality and consistency to our clients.

What makes GMS's management programs more attractive to me as a potential alliance supplier ?
As an independent business unit, we don't recruit candidates, we recruit key Alliance Supplier partners. GMS is uniquely positioned in the market to champion your efforts to make placements and enhance your relationship with the client whenever possible.

Although a separate operating unit, GMS is a division of one of the world's largest staffing companies, which affords us the opportunity to work with Fortune 500 clients in a variety of countries, through a variety of service offerings. We extend these opportunities to our suppliers as well.

Our Alliance Supply Base Manager ensures that supplier relationships are going well and facilitates the implementation of new and additional client programs for each supplier.

If GMS is satisfied with my contributions, what sort of recognition programs do they have that will allow me to showcase my success to future partners ?
Since our success is contingent upon the success of our partners, we carefully measure supplier performance in a variety of areas such as number of placements made, quality of submittals, turnover, response time, etc., as well as any additional performance factors specified by the client.

Once we have established a solid working relationship with a supplier, we work continuously with you to determine the next client opportunities. In addition, we encourage your direct relationship with clients and client managers to the extent that the client contract allows.