Managing and Developing the Procurement Process Training

Posted in Procurement & logistics

May 15 - May 19\ 2022                               : London

May 09- May 13 \ 2022                              : Istanbul

July 17 – July 21  \ 2022                            :  Kuwait

July 17– July 21 \ 2022                              :  Oman

September 04 – September 08 \ 2022    :  Amman

October 02 - October 06 \ 2022               : London

Introduction

The development and implementation of carefully crafted strategies for the acquisition of all materials, goods, equipment and services has become a critical issue in all organizations wishing to reduce operating cost while improving quality and productivity. This training seminar explores key concepts forming the basis of procurement and supply chain management and moves through leading edge issues that confront organizations today.

This fast paced training seminar is designed for those wanting to develop high performance purchasing and supply chain organizations as we will in this training course:

  • Achieve a thorough understanding of what is the best practice
  • Establish the mission, vision, and knowledge needed to successfully implement the processes and methods needed to reach world-class performance
  • Provide an overview of the key drivers involved when viewing supply chains from a logistics/demand point of view
  • Explain what procurement and supply chain management are fundamentally about so that delegates are able to apply key techniques in controlling cost, time and the movement of goods and materials to customers and users
  • Provide practical skills to take back to the workplace to enable delegates to change current methods and activities and work better with all supply chain players

 

Objectives 

Participants attending the training seminar will:

Ü Review the meaning of strategic procurement

Ü Be given examples of best practices in procurement and the supply chain

Ü Review how to obtain best pricing

Ü Be taught how to develop spend analysis

Ü Develop a functional and cross functional view of the supply chain

Ü See that better working with all of the supply chain players pays

Ü Consider Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

Who Should Attend?

Ü Contracts, Purchasing, and Procurement personnel

Ü Project, Engineering, Operational, and Maintenance, personnel who are involved in the planning, and execution of purchases and contracts

Ü Supply, Buying, Purchase, Logistics, Materials and Supply Chain Professionals

Ü All involved in the acquisition of materials, equipment, and services and who are in organizations whose leadership want high levels of competency in those involved in these activities

Ü Those who need to develop their limited understanding about Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Ü Those who are looking for business gains and benefits from managing their supply chains more effectively

Ü Change Managers

Ü New Managers

Ü Staff Who Have Had No Formal Management Training

Ü Corporate Strategy, HR and other Functional Managers

Ü Heads of Division

Ü Heads of Department

 

Course Methodology

The course uses self-assessments and a wide mix of business cases that promote healthy discussions around the importance of managing multiple tasks, deadlines and priorities. Participants will benefit from role plays covering workplace challenges related to handling tasks, deadlines and priorities. They will learn how to deal with conflicts that may arise as a result. Interactive team exercises are also used with each team presenting their findings and comments.  

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:

  • 30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
  • 30% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
  • 20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
  • 20% Videos, Software & General Discussions

Pre and Post Test

OUTLINE

DAY 1:

Seeing Procurement as a Dynamic, Interactive System

Ü The System Approach vs. the traditional Functional Approach

Ü What is the goal of Procurement?

Ü Developing the Strategic Procurement Plan

Ü An overview of the procurement process

Ü Procurement as part of the Supply Chain

Ü Developing the Strategic Procurement Decisions

DAY 2: 

Implementing the Tactical Procurement Decisions

Ü Supplier involvement

Ü Value analysis

Ü Quality Assurance

Ü Supplier selection

Ü Supplier rating and ranking

Ü Contract management

Ü IT systems and e-Procurement

Ü Policies and procedures

Ü Staffing the Procurement Department

Ü Dealing with Operational Procurement Decisions

DAY 3 :  

Selecting the most appropriate ordering process

Ü Addressing quality issues

Ü Follow up

Ü Overdue orders

Ü Expediting

Ü The payment process

Ü Reducing the cost of procurement: small value purchase orders

Ü Contingency Procurement Decisions

DAY 4 :

Performance, Risk and Warehouse Management

Ü Key performance indicators (KPI)

Ü Warehouse Management:

Ü Role in the Supply Chain

Ü Flows

Ü Equipment selection

Ü Supply Chain risks:

Ü Operational

Ü Inventory

Ü Exchange rates

Ü Financial

Ü Disruption

Ü Security

DAY 5 :

Procurement in Supply Chain

Ü The difference between Procurement and Purchasing

Ü What is the role of Procurement and Purchasing?

Ü Support Operational Requirements

Ü Manage the Procurement Process and the Supply Base

Ü Develop Strong Relationships with Other Functional Groups

Ü Team Roles and responsibilities

 

Schedule:

08:30 – 10:15 First Session

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:15 Second Session

12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 14:00 Third Session

Fees:

The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is:

5.250 USD$