Procurement chief forecasts $2.5M in FY27 savings through category management

Aug 10, 2026

Jed Greenfield, chief procurement officer, told the committee the city has implemented category management to pursue $2.5 million in general-fund savings for FY27 by consolidating procurement categories, shortening procurement cycles, and enabling reseller participation to help small businesses.

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Chief Procurement Officer Jed Greenfield outlined the department's category-management approach and projected approximately $2.5 million in savings to the general fund next fiscal year. "We are now fully implemented in a category management system...that's where we're going now for the next fiscal year, the $2,500,000, that's based on our estimates," Greenfield told the committee.

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