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category management category management requires a deep understanding of the market and the suppliers in a particular category to develop a viable strategy for each of the materials. to do this well requires experience and an on-going commitment of resources. however, the effort and the benefits tend to be more periodic and focused on competitive bidding activities. companies may be interested in outsourcing their category management as a way of accessing the experience and knowledge base when needed, without the financial commitment required to maintain a senior level category manager. innovative strategies should also be considered to consolidate spend or to broaden the supplier base to include asian or south american suppliers. project management the bulk of the work begins once the strategy has been established. finding the best suppliers generally starts with a competitive bidding process know as a request for proposals (rfp). this often requires several rounds of communications t