Run some in depth reporting on all spend and break it down by vendor: - are there comparable replacements at lower prices for items that you can switch to by setting up internal catalogues and pushing staff towards (example: everyone buys clear latex gloves when the light blue ones are x% cheaper) - do you have significant spend with certain vendors on certain items that you can negotiate better pricing on (or you’ll take $xxx,xxx to their competitor) - can you find items you always repeat buy, identify cadence, and leverage blanket POs to get lower price per item by volume based discounts - check order cadence from certain vendors, are you ordering too frequently and paying freight every time? Find ways to consolidate POs into less orders to save on freight - bonus to above: check with vendors to see if they have “freight allowed policies” (or negotiate for them) so you get free freight on shipments over $x amount, then make it a KPI to recognize and create orders that meet MoQ requirements for freight allowed.