Fine Tune Expense Management

Fine Tune Expense Management

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The ultimate spend reduction solution for indirect services, helping orgs. achieve & sustain savings.

At Fine Tune, we specialize in ongoing, vigilant management of indirect services. Our world-class industry experts armed with our proprietary technology, Expense Management Optimization and Auditing Technology (eMOAT℠), maximize client savings and—more importantly—make sure that savings actually materializes and sticks. By solving clients' most persistent indirect expense problems, we help achieve

11/26/2025

This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for the trust our clients place in us to slice away waste & serve up savings that satisfy (just like a perfectly carved turkey –– or "tofurkey" for the vegetarians) 🦃

From all at Fine Tune, thank you for letting us be part of your success story. Wishing you & yours a holiday filled with gratitude, connection, and warmth.

Happy Thanksgiving 🍂🍁

04/22/2025

Our Sustainable Promise 🌱: As a Certified B Lab B Corp™ & a supporter of The Sustainable Procurement Pledge, Fine Tune is committed to conducting business in the most sustainable manner possible through our direct actions and the impact we make while working on behalf of our clients.

We hope you find some time to get out and enjoy our beautiful planet on this Earth Day (& every day) 🌎

03/07/2025

Tomorrow, March 8th is International Women's Day! 📆🎉 At Fine Tune, we're proud to celebrate, support, & uplift the "Tuner" women.

Through monthly Women’s Lunch & Happy Hour Zooms, special Women's Volunteer Activities and Social Gatherings at our Annual Meeting, Mentorship Programs, and more, we foster connection, advancement, and empowerment. 💪💗

Join us in recognizing and uplifting the incredible women around us—today, tomorrow, and every day. Happy International Women's Day! 🙌🥳

[📸 Pictured: Some of the "Tuner" women share a laugh during a monthly women's online get together]

02/19/2025

🚀 PODCAST LAUNCH ALERT 🎙: "Buy: The Way...To Purposeful Procurement," with co-hosts Rich Ham, CEO of Fine Tune, & Philip Ideson of Art of Procurement.

The first 3 episodes are NOW AVAILABLE in the Art of Procurement feed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast players, as well as here: 🎧 https://lnkd.in/gjfhUVcm

Throughout the 24-episode series, expert guests will join Rich & Phil to dive into the challenges holding back procurement’s true potential—such as outdated & flawed incentive systems—& discuss how it can implement transformative practices to drive greater impact in purpose-driven activities like sustainability, social responsibility, risk management, and more.

LISTEN NOW 👉: [more links in comments 💬]

02/04/2025

📢 📢 We're a Software Quality Assurance & Test Automation Engineer! 👩‍💻

➡ This "Tuner" will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability & usability of our software, with an opportunity to shape our QA processes and contribute to a growing team. ⬅

This role is and you must reside in one of these U.S.-based time zones:

📍 Eastern time zone
📍 Central time zone

Fine Tune is comprised of professionals who take our work seriously while also maintaining a healthy . We are a tight-knit group that is accountable to each other.

We’re looking for people who are self-motivated with excellent communication skills and a willingness to collaborate to help our team level up.

👉 Sound like a fit?

🖱 Check out the full job listing and apply today: https://www.finetuneus.com/careers/software-quality-assurance-and-test-automation-engineer-2/

We look forward to welcoming you onto the "Tuner" team!

02/03/2025

On Saturday, Fine Tune celebrated its 23rd 🥳! As we enter our 24th year of client advocacy & savings, we thank our fantastic "Tuner" team, clients, partners & supporters for a wonderful 23 years.

🥂 Here's to many more years ahead full of mutual success & collaboration! 🎈

01/24/2025

Time for a new 🤩 🤩! Meet COO, Brian Gamble: ⬇

🎤 What's your job title?
⚙ Chief Operations Officer

🎤 How did you first learn about Fine Tune?
📞 I worked for a uniform vendor, and Richard Ham called me about an account Fine Tune managed way back in 2004.

🎤 What are 3 words to describe Fine Tune?
🚫🤡 No clowns allowed

🎤 What’s the most unique part about working here?
🧠 Smart decisions (benefitting clients & Fine Tune) are made quickly and not held up with politics/red tape. If you work in corporate America, you understand just how unique smart decision making can be.

🎤 What advice do you have for someone thinking about joining the Fine Tune team?
👍 There are still awesome companies to work for in 2022, and Fine Tune is on the shortlist of the best.

🎤 Finally, a bonus question: What's a recent lifestyle change you’ve made to live more sustainably?
🛠 I bought some EGO power tools.

01/06/2025

Alex Carlson, Fine Tune's VP of Facilities Management (FM) Services, has made his 2025 prediction: 🔮“FM budgets & staffs will need to prove their value in 2025.” 📈💰

Read more FM predictions in Facilities Dive's new article,"12 predictions for how facilities management will evolve in 2025," including Alex's full prediction (see final paragraph): https://www.finetuneus.com/media-center/12-predictions-for-how-facilities-management-will-evolve-in-2025/

12/31/2024

Here comes the New Year! 🎉 How can ensure its most PROSPEROUS year yet?

👇 Follow the steps outlined below

🔗 & visit our Insights center for helpful articles to achieve them: https://www.finetuneus.com/insights/

🥳 to you, your loved ones, and your organization's bottom line 📈

11/28/2024

Good gravy! 🦃 This video, based on "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving," stars sales interns Coco Hernberg & Ethan Aspy, and demonstrates the all-too-common "not getting what you sign up for" w/ indirect services 👇

While you're relying on the good contract you negotiated upfront, indirect suppliers are "pulling the deal out from under you" 🏈 with myriad savings-eroding (& profit-fattening for them) tactics.

Don't let your good contract turn into a bad deal this season--or ever. Learn more about the Good Contract, Bad Deal phenomenon, as well as common savings-eroding tactics to watch out for via these links ⤵

🍁 "'Good Contract, Bad Deal' Explained:" https://www.finetuneus.com/insights/good-contract-bad-deal-explained/

🍂 "Scary Supplier Practices:" https://www.finetuneus.com/insights/scary-supplier-practices/

In the meantime, have a Happy Thanksgiving full of time spent with loved ones, great food, & lots of laughter 🍴❤

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