As organizations increasingly rely on contingent labor to stay agile and competitive, managing a large population of contractors can quickly become complex. Between sourcing quality talent, controlling costs, ensuring compliance, and coordinating multiple staffing vendors, internal teams often find themselves stretched thin.
This is where a Managed Service Provider (MSP) model can deliver significant value.
At Marchon Partners, we’ve seen firsthand how an MSP can transform the way organizations hire, manage, and optimize their contractor workforce—especially for companies that hire at scale.
Companies that hire hundreds of contractors each year often face similar challenges:
Too many vendors, too many processes: Over time, hiring managers build relationships with preferred staffing vendors, resulting in dozens of suppliers, inconsistent contracts, and varied workflows.
Limited visibility into costs: Without standardized bill rates or reporting, it becomes difficult to benchmark spend, control budgets, or ensure market competitiveness.
Compliance and risk exposure: In regulated industries, inconsistent processes can increase exposure to compliance risks, misclassification issues, and audit findings.
Inefficient hiring cycles: Excessive resume submissions, repeated interviews, and lack of vendor accountability slow down time-to-fill and frustrate hiring managers.
These challenges aren’t uncommon—and they’re exactly why many organizations turn to an MSP.
An MSP acts as a centralized partner responsible for overseeing the entire contingent workforce program. This includes vendor management, rate standardization, process governance, reporting, and continuous optimization.
When implemented thoughtfully, an MSP can deliver:
Cost savings through standardized, market-aligned rates
Improved efficiency by streamlining hiring, onboarding, and invoicing
Reduced risk with consistent compliance and documentation
Higher-quality talent through better vendor screening and accountability
A better experience for hiring managers through clear, consistent processes
One of our financial services clients hires hundreds of contingent employees each year in a highly regulated environment. Prior to implementing an MSP, their purchasing department was managing relationships with more than a dozen staffing vendors—each with different contracts, rates, and procedures.
The result? Overwhelming administrative burden, limited cost visibility, and growing compliance concerns.
Marchon Partners introduced a customized MSP solution designed around the client’s culture and service expectations. Rather than a rigid, overly automated model, we focused on balancing technology with a high-touch approach.
Reduced the vendor landscape from 12+ suppliers to a single point of contact
Established standardized contracts and rate ranges by role
Implemented consistent hiring, tracking, timesheet, and invoicing processes
Introduced Vector VMS, a flexible and user-friendly vendor management system
Assigned a dedicated Marchon Partners Program Manager to lead and optimize the program
Created custom workflows, including vendor calls and limited resume submissions to improve candidate quality
In the client’s own words:
“Standardizing to market rates gives us the ability to objectively compare candidates and costs—a sanity check on rates that we never had before.”
“The process ensures vendors screen candidates better. We have fewer rounds of interviews.”
“Centralized control and consistency through the MSP protects our organization from risks.”
The program delivered measurable improvements across cost savings, efficiency, and risk mitigation, while earning buy-in from hiring managers across the organization.
What sets Marchon Partners apart is our belief that no two MSP programs should look the same.
Some providers lead with automation alone. We lead with listening.
Our approach combines:
Deep expertise in contingent workforce strategy
Flexible technology that adapts to your organization—not the other way around
A high-touch service model with dedicated program leadership
Customized processes that respect company culture and stakeholder needs
As one client put it:
“We are a high-touch environment and needed a provider that understood that.”
If your company:
Hires a large volume of contractors
Works with multiple staffing vendors
Operates in a regulated or risk-sensitive industry
Struggles with cost visibility or process consistency
…it may be time to evaluate an MSP model.
Marchon Partners offers complimentary MSP evaluations to help organizations assess whether an MSP is the right fit—and how to design a program that delivers real results.
Let’s talk about how we can help you take control of your contingent workforce.