Training on procurement skills is aimed at improving the skills of the procurement professionals and buyers in organizations. The course examines the strategic importance of procurement within departments by using concepts and ideas in order to maximize the procurement department’s effectiveness and thereby reducing costs throughout the supply chain.

It is therefore imperative for Procurement to constantly deliver value to the organization by delivering products and services that contributes to the well-being of the organization. This is an important procurement skills course for Purchasing professionals who will return to their organization with actual realistic plans on how to make considerable cost savings.

Training on procurement skills will feature:

• Review critical supply strategies
• Enhance skills required for good supplier relationships
• Appraise business continuity and contingency planning for procurement
• Study different approaches in negotiations
• Learn how to rate a supplier.

Objectives

• Develop critical supply strategies
• Apply the concepts of activity based costing
• Develop skills required for effective supplier relationships
• Learn how to create rapport, build trust and establish credibility in a work group
• Practice successful negotiations

Procurement Skills Course Outline

Purchasing and the Organization

• Purchasing and its contribution to the organization
• The Supply Chain
• The influence of the External Environment
• Purchasing Organizations
• The Procurement Cycle
• Critical Supply Strategies

Supplier Management

• Transforming the Supplier Relationship
• Supplier Evaluation Criteria
• Appropriate Supplier Methodologies
• Total Cost Approach
• How to be a Good Customer
• Shrinking the Supplier Base

Communication and Change

• Communication techniques of verbal, non-verbal and written
• Methods of communication lead to more productive work and minimize stress
• Communication and interaction openness develops trust
• Identification of interpersonal interaction methods
• Recognizing response to and perceptions of change
• Analyzing and preparing for the human reaction to change.

Negotiation Techniques

• Avoiding Confrontational Negotiating
• Developing Active Listening Skills
• Negotiating with an Angry Person
• Power Closes that are used on the Buyer
• Understanding the other Negotiator’s Power
• Negotiation Tactics and Countermeasures

Managing Procurement Skills

• Attract And Retain Supply Management Talent
• Supplier Measurement
• Vendor Rating
• Action Planning