About
Brookside

Our Company


Brookside Cost Management delivers measurable cost savings and business intelligence in hard to manage expense categories. Our experienced category experts have the specialized knowledge and market data to drive significant cost savings for you in complex spend categories. We make our expertise available to clients in self-funding arrangements customized to the unique needs and situation of each client and spend category.


We proudly serve clients throughout the US and Canada with our team of cost management experts spread out across North America. Brookside Cost Management is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Management


Jim Benjamin, CEO

Jim has a broad business background and a passion for exceptional client service developed over a 25-year career focused in technology-enabled business services. His sincere desire to fully understand client needs and concerns and then develop customized solutions to deliver on agreed-upon objectives and targets earned him successively higher positions with a number of leading firms in the procurement and spend management field. Starting in 2002 Jim served as President North America for recovery audit leader PRG-Schultz where he was responsible for running a business providing guaranteed financial recovery results to dozens of Fortune 500 corporations. Immediately prior to joining Brookside Cost Management Jim was part of the senior leadership team at spend management firm NPI where he focused on developing operational capabilities and growing the multi-industry reach of NPI. Jim holds a degree in Economics from Lafayette College in Easton, PA, where he remains active as an Associate Trustee and Chair of the Annual Fund. Jim is also the incoming Board Chair of the Galloway School and a board member of the Carl Sanders Buckhead YMCA.


Our People


Our people drive our business. We constantly recruit and have developed a broad network of experienced category experts who are passionate about delivering superior results for our clients. They have decades of cost management experience in their respective spend categories and they all meet our exacting standards for the highest levels of expertise, motivation and integrity. The skill and experience of our people along with up to date market intelligence make Brookside Cost Management uniquely effective in driving results for our clients.