Purchasing Management Specialist

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

Type: Online

Available Dates

Fees

  • Apr-29-2024

    1,590

  • May-06-2024

    1,590

  • June-03-2024

    1,590

  • July-29-2024

    1,590

  • Aug-05-2024

    1,590

  • Sep-30-2024

    1,590

  • Oct-07-2024

    1,590

  • Nov-04-2024

    1,590

  • Dec-30-2024

    1,590

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

The 1st Steps to Becoming World Class
 
  • Stages to World Class Purchasing
  • How Purchasing is viewed today
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Developing Spend Profiles and the ABC Analysis
  • New Job Descriptions for Purchasing of the future
  • Purchasing Personnel Required Skill Sets

 

Evaluating Your Own Operation
 
  • What are Best Practices
  • Purchasing Gap Analysis
  • Vision and Mission for Purchasing
  • Developing the Purchasing Department Strategic Plan
  • Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Procurement
  • Developing a Company Purchase Price Index

 

Continuous Improvement and How to Get It
 
  • Cost Reduction Initiatives
  • Methods of Cost Containment
  • Waste in the Supply Chain
  • Breaking Down the Elements of Supplier Cost
  • Commodity/Service Strategic Planning
  • Resisting Price Increases

 

Supplier Management Approaches
 
  • Supplier Classification System
  • Supplier Qualification Methods
  • Supplier Performance Metrics
  • Apply Performance criteria to Purchasing Decisions
  • Process Mapping to Eliminate Low Value Activities
  • Applying eProcurement business process

 

Improving the Image of Procurement
 
  • Global Sourcing
  • International Labor Rates Comparison
  • Developing and Maintaining a Customer Focus
  • Basic Issues in Corruption And Fraud Prevention
  • Increasing the Level of Procurement Professionalism
  • Keeping Current in the profession

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