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Julie Deignan

Senior Director

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Julie serves as a Senior Director and Practice Lead for Furniture Advisory Services. Julie developed the concept of Furniture Advisory in 2014 to solve the pain points associated with the lack of pricing transparency, awareness of cost versus value, and buying options. She has extensive experience in developing unique and strategic approaches to support clients in need of RFP and/or furniture management programs.

With a primary focus on large-scale global RFP’s and projects, Julie has a deep experience, resources, and data to provide recommendations regarding bidding, buying and distribution options.

Julie participates in MSA development and reviews SLA’s to confirm all align with best practices and are meaningful and measurable. Since 2014, the Furniture Advisory team has worked on RFP’s and projects valued at over $1B in 76 countries on 6 continents. The volume of data garnered from the RFP responses are essential in how Furniture Advisory develops negotiation strategies that consistently deliver cost reductions, transparency, and value. The combination of the RFP strategy and negotiations process has allowed us to achieve and demonstrate an average savings of 17%.

Julie has been in the commercial furnishings industry for 25+ years including launching Furniture Advisory Services since 2014.

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,  Bachelor of Science Degree

  • Baker Tilly
  • Blackstone
  • Confidential Global Financial Services Firm
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Chemours
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Irvine Company
  • Marathon Oil
  • Northwestern Memorial
  • NY Public Service Agency
  • Obama Presidential Center
  • O'Melveny & Meyers
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  • Withum

Team Overview

With furniture typically making up 30% of a project budget, we work with clients to develop a bidding strategy and/or a furniture management program designed to meet their objectives, increase awareness, and reduce costs. The Furniture Advisory team is comprised of furniture experts who have first-hand experience with every step of the process. We know how to set up the ideal bidding landscape to maximize competition and how to develop a measurable and meaningful furniture program management.

To date, we have worked on over $1B worth of projects ranging from 30,000 RSF to 13M RSF and have been successful in delivering an average cost reduction of 17%. We maintain a discounting data base of every RFP response that we leverage to develop data-driven negotiation strategies. The database, comprised of over 11,000 data points, allows us to verify if the discounting offered in the bid responses align with the project volume and to provide assurance to our clients that they are paying what they should paying for their furniture.

The client savings we achieve are based on our ability to:

  • Develop a product RFP package and process which maximizes competition to increase discounting.
  • Negotiate final discounting based a data-driven approach.
  • Review quotes prior to order placement to confirm discounting compliance.
  • Competitively bid installation costs prior to order placement to ensure 100% of the client’s spend is protected.

My Team

  • Melissa Perttunen

    Director

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  • Kim Maziarz

    Director

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  • Aileen Pendleton

    Senior Furniture Advisor

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    • Phone +1 708 646 6569
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  • Molly Ellingsen

    Senior Furniture Advisor

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