Advanced Purchasing and Cost Saving Techniques
13-17 May2024
Sandton
Johannesburg South Africa
Cost per Delegate
R17,999.00
Course Overview:
Purchasing is renowned as having a significant impact on the bottom line of the organization. Purchasing is becoming a core competency of the firm, finding and developing suppliers and bringing in expertise that is highly valued by the organization.
This Advanced Purchasing and Cost Saving Techniques training course is intended to provide guidance to participants in the key function of purchasing and departmental cost saving and purchasing. The training course contents are up-to-date and pertinent to marketplace requirements, thus catering well to all analytical prediction of training needs in the specified area.
In this course, we will explore how to manage the various suppliers that are located away from your plant while achieving real cost savings. Furthermore, we will discover how the purchasing department fits in the total function of the supply chain operations. Lastly, we will cover how the purchasing department should be managed properly to achieve all of its KPIs.
Learning Objectives
• Define the strategic role of the purchasing department
• Perform accurate supplier evaluation
• Develop effective negotiation strategies with all suppliers
• Identify the importance of value analysis to purchasing
• Improve the efficiency of the purchasing function
Who should Attend?
This intensive training course on is suitable for personnel from all industrial fields and different purchasing methods such as:
Buying, Purchasing, Procurement, Commercial, Tenders, Contracts, Finance Engineering, Projects, Construction, Public Sector
This program is targeting for those working for companies aim at achieving profits, minimizing costs and better managing their time such as:
• Buyers
• Senior buyers
• Purchasing supervisors
• Purchasing managers
• Professionals whose role involves negotiation with outside agencies
• Those who want to improve supplier performance
Course Outline:
Module 1 -The Strategic Function of Purchasing
o Pre-Test
o The Link of the Purchasing Function with the Organizational Strategy
o Creating a Purchasing Mission Statement
o Balancing Quality, Service, and Price
o Things Purchasing Should Strive For
o The importance of effective purchasing
o Understanding the Purchasing strategy
o The five steps of the Purchasing process
Module 2 - Supplier Evaluation and Negotiation
o Negotiating with Suppliers
o Power in Negotiation
o Planning for Negotiation
o Achieving the Right Agreements with Suppliers
o Factors Used to Evaluate Suppliers on Total Performance
o Ways of Promoting Good Supplier Relations
o Creating Suppliers as Good Partners
o Choosing the Right Suppliers
Module 3 - Value Analysis
o What a good specification for goods and services looks like
o Defining needs and wants – Essential vs ‘nice to have’
o Who needs to develop and contribute to the specification?
o Important questions to ask when developing a specification
o Optimizing Purchasing Productivity
o Adding Value as a Purchasing Manager
Module 4 -Managing and Evaluating the Department Performance
o Centralization versus Decentralization
o Reasons for Departmental (Macro-Level) Performance Appraisal
o Managing Other Buyers
o Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Purchasing
Module 5 - Improving Purchasing Efficiency
o Internal Stakeholder Management
o Conducting the Right Surveys to Improve Performance
o Efficient Internal and External Communication
o Ethical Behavior with Suppliers and End Users
o Ethical Behavior within the Department
o Purchasing Policies and Procedures
End of the Workshop
For Training arrangements call us on the detail below
TANZANIA: +255 749 50 26 78
SOUTH AFRICA: +27 694 31 79 73
KENYA: +255 749 50 26 78
DUBAI: +27 694 31 79 73
