Purchasing and Procurement Management

Course overview

Procurement often accounts for the largest share of an organisation's spending after salaries, and weak purchasing practices leak money through poor specifications, limited competition and unmanaged suppliers. This procurement management course gives purchasing staff and managers the skills to buy well, fairly and efficiently.

Participants learn the procurement cycle and how purchasing supports organisational strategy, then practise planning procurement, defining needs and writing specifications. They study sourcing strategies, market analysis, supplier selection and evaluation, and negotiation techniques, followed by contract formation, supplier relationship and performance management, and partnerships. The course covers ethics and integrity, total cost of ownership, sustainable procurement and the use of e-procurement tools. Examples come from both public and private organisations in the region, with attention to the public procurement law where it applies.

Participants leave able to manage purchasing more strategically, build better supplier relationships and achieve better value for money from every purchase.

What you will be able to do

• Explain the procurement cycle and its link to organisational strategy
• Plan procurement and define needs with clear specifications
• Apply sourcing strategies and evaluate suppliers
• Negotiate effectively with suppliers
• Manage contracts and supplier performance
• Apply ethics, total cost and sustainability principles

Who should attend

For procurement and purchasing officers, supply chain staff and managers who buy goods, works or services.

• Procurement officers
• Purchasing officers
• Supply chain officers
• Stores and logistics officers
• User department managers
• Finance officers involved in purchasing
• NGO procurement staff

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.