Category Management: What the Federal Government Can Learn from the Private Sector

Category management is a tried and true practice within corporations all over the world. It is, however, new to the Federal government. As the public sector moves to implement category management, what can we learn from the private sector? How can category management make the government a better buyer and help suppliers at the same time.

Join the Public Spend Forum and Michigan State University, along with OFFP Administrator Anne Rung and private sector executives and experts, in a roundtable discussion on how to make category management work for government.

Learn more by clicking here.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Anne Rung, Administrator, Office Of Procurement Policy

Mark Brown, Former Senior Vice President For Global Strategic Sourcing, Whirlpool Corporation

Pierre Mitchell, Managing Director & Chief Research Officer, SpendMatters; Former Vice President VP of Supply Management Research at AMR Research

Joe Sandor, Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor of Practice in Supply Management, Michigan State University

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC