Purchasing Management Specialist
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- Introduction
- Objective
- Who should attend
An organization uses Purchasing Management Specialists to handle all of its purchasing needs. This person is responsible for ensuring that a business is able to acquire needed supplies, materials and other relevant items, following a strict budget and keeping records of all the transactions.
Their tasks are embedded in every part of the process. From finding suitable suppliers and vendors to seeing that the contract is signed and approved, they are ultimately responsible for every step in getting a company the things it needs.
This course covers the skills required to lead a procurement team to world-class performance. It focuses on the common “gaps” in performance that must be filled in order for Purchasing Management to provide the continuous improvements needed for organizations to meet their strategic objectives.
Purchasing Management Specialists training course encourages everyone how to be proactive rather than reactive in procurement activities and how to be working on the “right” things that display Purchasing’s creativity, flexibility, and supply market knowledge. It establishes how to provide and measure purchasing contributions to the organization so that this critical function can be elevated as a core organization competency.
Course Outline
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
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