Good management is an essential for success in business, and procurement requires particular skills and approaches to ensure success in defining and meeting an organisation's requirements. This course focuses the key issues in managing both ongoing and project procurement processes and helps to develop successful approaches for working with both colleagues and suppliers.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This stimulating and demanding course is designed for procurement managers, project managers and all those managers working within the procurement function. The course is designed to ensure that all personnel are aware of the challenges and opportunities that exist in the procurement function.

COURSE PROFILE

• ·         Understanding the Issues associated with managing a Procurement function
• ·         Effective Communication with key stakeholders

-          Key colleagues including users, specifiers and managers

-          Key suppliers

• ·         Segmentation of procurement

-          Developing approaches for different goods and services

-          Risk Management and contingency planning

-          Development of specifications

-          Procedures and consistency

• ·         Category Management

-          Maintenance, Repair and Operations

-          Project Procurement

-          Supplier Development and blacklists

• ·         Developing the procurement function

-          Team roles

-          Competencies - Matching the person and the role

-          Professional development

-          Ethics

• ·         Measuring Procurement

-          Key Performance Measures

-          Reporting and presentations

• ·         Action planning
• ·         Case Studies

SKILLS ATTAINED

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Understand and manage the key issues of management
• Design strategies to develop and manage staff
• Develop appropriate plans for the procurement function
• Achieve best results in procurement