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Training Course: Advanced Procurement Skills


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PC4108

27 Apr - 8 May 2025

Dubai (UAE)

Cost : 6640 € Euro

Introduction

This course is aimed at improving the skills of the Procurement Professional and Senior Buyers in organizations. Advanced negotiation and procurement techniques, business continuity and contingency planning for procurement are discussed and practiced in simulations. The course examines the strategic importance of procurement departments by using concepts and ideas in order to maximize the procurement department’s effectiveness and thereby reducing costs throughout the supply chain.

The program is an opportunity to develop leadership skills that will assist in working better together, learning to handle conflict situations, implementing time management techniques and understanding the need to have an attitude that is accepting of the change. This program is furthermore designed to provide Purchasing Professionals with not only the best practices generally viewed as leading to World-Class performance in procurement activities, but also to provide practical tools and guidance. It is an essential course for the Purchasing Manager and Senior Buyer, and delegates will return to their organization with actual realistic plans on how to make considerable cost savings. Senior managers will also benefit from attending this course as they will be able to make savings in their organizations by ensuring that the tools are implemented.

Course Objectives of Advanced Procurement Skills

The goals of the program are to allow the participants to:

  • Review critical supply strategies
  • Be provided the concepts of activity-based costing
  • Discuss current forces of change
  • Learn how to create rapport, build trust and establish credibility in a workgroup
  • Understand that communication is vital to successful, productive workgroups
  • Learn the skills required for good supplier relationships
  • Study business continuity and contingency planning for procurement
  • Be taught a category segmentation process
  • Learn how to plan in successful negotiations
  • Study different approaches in negotiations
  • Examine standards of ethics
  • Learn how to rate a supplier
  • Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of suppliers

Course Benefits of Advanced Procurement Skills

The organization will benefit by:

  • Better forward planning to accomplish the organization’s objectives
  • Better outcomes in transactions with contractors and suppliers
  • The reduced total cost of materials & services
  • Higher productivity of personnel involved in procurement activities
  • Improved contractor/supplier relationships that bring higher performance
  • Learn to develop others as leaders
  • Learn leadership techniques to develop ownership and establish priorities
  • Develop skills in interpersonal interaction to better teamwork
  • Acquire useful interpersonal and communication leadership skills

Participants will gain by participation in this program as a result of:

  • Better knowledge of how procurement can impact the organization’s finances
  • A greater sense of professionalism and being able to contribute to the organization’s strategic objective
  • Greater ability to protect the organization from supply disruptions
  • Increased recognition by the organization due to improved performance
  • Increased skill sets in advanced phases of strategic procurement
  • Develop skills in procurement professionals which will raise capability, skill, and morale.  

Course Outlines of Advanced Procurement Skills

Performance Purchasing

  • introduction to Purchasing and its contribution to the organization
  • The Supply Chain and its influence
  • Influence of the External Environment
  • Purchasing Organisations
  • The Procurement Cycle
  • Purchasing Systems
  • Critical Supply Strategies
  • Category Segmentation Process

The Supplier Relationship

  • Transforming the Supplier Relationship
  • Specifications
  • Working with End-users
  • Supplier Evaluation Criteria
  • Appropriate Supplier Methodologies
  • Total Cost Approach
  • Defining the Organization’s Mission In Building Supplier Relationship
  • How to be A Good Customer
  • Communication, Trust, and Credibility as Key Elements
  • Shrinking the Supplier Base

Advanced Negotiation Skills

  • Avoiding Confrontational Negotiating
  • Developing Active Listening Skills
  • Negotiating with an Angry Person
  • Dealing with Back Door Selling
  • Power Closes that are used on the Buyer
  • Understanding the other Negotiator’s Power
  • Negotiating Pressure Points
  • Negotiating with Untrustworthy Counterpart
  • Negotiation Tactics and Countermeasures

Leadership Skills for Procurement Personnel

  • 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

Advancing Procurement Contribution

  • Attract And Retain Supply Management Talent
  • Supplier Measurement
  • Vendor Rating
  • Steps In Developing Performance-Based Contracts
  • Action Planning
  • Business Continuity and Contingency Planning for Procurement
  • What Is Activity-Based Costing?
  • Price Cost and Value
  • Ways that Advanced Procurement can Improve  the Organisation’s Finances
  • Course Review and Evaluation

Project, Contract

Training Course: Advanced Procurement Skills


Register Now
Quick Inquiry
Discount Group Download Brochure (36)

PC4108

27 Apr - 8 May 2025

Dubai (UAE) -

Cost: 6640 € Euro


  About Dubai

Dubai, located on the Persian Gulf, is one of the seven United Arab Emirates and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The discovery of oil in the region has made Dubai extremely wealthy, allowing it to build the glittering skyscrapers that it is now famous for. That wealth is strongly in evidence in Dubai and visitors will see luxurious buildings and supercars aplenty. Perfect beaches and endless shopping opportunities are to key to Dubai's attractions. Flights to Dubai open up the city's cultural attractions to tourists, with beautiful mosques, museums and art galleries scattered throughout this ultra-modern metropolis.


  Things to do and places to visit in Dubai

Dubai's wealth has made it famous for building ever taller buildings and creating artificial islands off its shores. The city's hotels are luxurious and shoppers will love its extensive shopping malls which showcase all the world's top brands. Dubai's attractions don't end there. Dubai also caters to adventure lovers, who can jump in a 4x4 or on a board to speed over dunes outside the city. Local culture mustn't be forgotten either, and visitors have wonderful mosques to visit and old districts to explore. All that combined means that a flight to Dubai is sure to lead to an unforgettable holiday.

When visiting Dubai, be sure to:

  • Go to the observation deck of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
  • Admire the intricately beautiful Grand Mosque, which has the tallest minaret in the city.
  • Understand the local history and culture with a visit to the Dubai Museum.
  • Discover objects from the 6th century at Jumeirah Archaeological Site.
  • Go skiing – That's not a joke, the Mall of the Emirates houses a snowdome.
  • Go shopping at the Mall of the Emirates or the Dubai Mall.
  • Explore the desert surrounding the city – either by 4x4 or atop a camel.
  • Eat fantastic seafood at Dubai Marina.
  • Cool off at the Wild Wadi Waterpark.
  • Marvel at gorgeous Arabic calligraphy at Jumeirah Mosque, the biggest in the city.
  • Take a yacht tour around the artificial islands of Palm Jumeirah.
  • Haggle for souvenirs in one of the city's souks.
  • Wander around the traditional building in Bastakiya District.
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