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.
By the end of the Purchasing Management Specialists training course, participants will be able to:
- Learn how to develop high performance purchasing organisations
- Develop strategic purchasing plans & discuss how to improve internal customer service
- Appreciate and see the analytics that guide procurement strategies
- Explore many ways of reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Understand the most important competencies for purchasing personnel
This Purchasing Management Specialists training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:
- Procurement and Contracts personnel
- Purchasing, Contract Administration, Projects personnel
- Engineering, Facilities, Finance, and Maintenance Personnel
- Personnel involved in the planning and management of tender process
- Leaders in the acquisition of materials, equipment and services