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City pushes category management after Ernst & Young study; Amazon contract, rebates used as early wins
Summary
Jed Greenfield, head of strategic purchasing, told the Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee that a citywide spend taxonomy and category‑management program informed by Ernst & Young is identifying contract and procurement savings, with early gains coming from centralized contracts and layered rebates.
Jed Greenfield, head of strategic purchasing, told the committee the city has completed a citywide spend analysis and a seven‑category taxonomy to manage purchasing by category and identify savings opportunities. "We have gone through that part of the analysis, and we're now starting to look for where those opportunities will exist," Greenfield said.
Greenfield described seven master categories — including facilities/maintenance, public safety, public works, information technology, professional services and construction — and said early opportunities were concentrated in facilities management and in converting…
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