Bio

Kelly McAllister is a Contract Manager at the National Joint Powers Alliance® with an accomplished professional career as a manager of retail, business to business and dealer channel development. More than 15 years experience in sales and marketing provides a solid reputation for effective networking and strategic alliance building among crucial industry resources. These skills and experience linked to the company’s vision serves to create a partnership between buyers and suppliers based on respect and trust.
Kelly works with contracts awarded through a national, competitively bid procurement process.

He is responsible for the day-to-day support and success of NJPA contracts that includes anything from training to marketing support. Kelly believes in the cooperative philosophy and realizes the need to reduce the cost of purchasing in this economy. He likes the opportunity to work with awarded vendors not only to guarantee the success of each contract but promote NJPA’s efforts as we face challenges of purchasing in the future.

Another area vital to the success of NJPA’s contracts is the development and implementation of an aggressive marketing strategy to promote the contract. As a Contract Manager, Kelly works closely with all of his contracts to make sure the marketing plan is followed as well as managing vendor/customer interaction by supporting vendor customer calls while working with vendors to ensure customer satisfaction.

A graduate of St Cloud State University in Business Management, Kelly has extensive experience in telecommunications as a sales manager and is retired from the United States Army Reserve, the recipient of numerous medals, commendations, and awards. Kelly, a Backus, Minnesota native, has lived and worked in many communities throughout the state but finds the Staples area close to home. It is this close proximity that allows him to enjoy the great outdoors and a wide variety of seasonal activities as well as hunting and fishing with family, friends and two sons.