This two-day practical and interactive training course is designed to introduce essential elements of the procurement process together with basic tools and techniques. Workshop participants will learn of the end-to-end process, how procurement can contribute and when to apply a range of purchasing tools and techniques.
- Importance and role of procurement
- Needs specifications
- Analysing supply markets
- Approaches to the supply market
- Evaluation models and techniques
- Legal aspects of procurement
- Purchase price cost analysis
- Managing price increases
- Negotiation
- Managing suppliers and contracts
By the end of the programme participants will have an understanding of the value procurement can add, understand the basic concepts of an effective procurement system and apply a set of principles to most procurement activities.