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To help clients assess employee training needs, Strategic Procurement Solutions can also conduct online web-based Skills Assessment Diagnostic Testing of your supply-chain personnel. Please click here to go to the Online Skills Diagnostic web site page for more information.
The practical nature of our training has an immediate positive impact upon the "Bottom Line". Participants acquire the strategies, techniques, tools, and skills to immediately develop long-term supplier & client relationships that result in reduced costs for products & services, all at the lowest possible risk.
Each of our workshops is continually updated to present cutting-edge supply-chain principles in a dynamic, educational, and motivational forum.
Participants are presented with a certificate of completion, which qualifies them for Continuing Education Credits for use with professional certificates granted by organizations like the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), National Contracts Management Association (NCMA), National Institute of Government Purchasers (NIGP), etc.
Click here to receive a Whitepaper providing detailed curriculum information for each of the following workshops.
Program #1 – Foundations of Supply Management™ – Want pro-active thinking, a commitment to excellence, and the ability to deliver savings to permeate your procurement team? This is a four-day curriculum imparting “best practices” for today’s supply-chain environment. This interactive program is designed for procurement personnel who are growing in the profession. It presents innovative “best practices” to deeply impact shareholder value and supply-chain quality. Participants enhance their ability to Leverage the Procurement Process, Support Strategic Sourcing Initiatives, Build Relationships with Internal Customers, Negotiate Acquisitions, Manage Inventories, and Solicit Extraordinary Supplier Performance. Participants receive a 350+ page color training manual and electronic copies of all imbedded tools (Microsoft Word™ or Excel™).
Program #2 – Expert Strategic Sourcing™ – To achieve remarkable results, today’s supply management professional must lead cross-functional teams through complex strategic sourcing initiatives. This program helps groups which already possess solid sourcing skills, move to an Advanced Level of Sourcing Competency. This four-day program provides advanced techniques in procurement strategy, strategic sourcing execution, and program implementation that empower sourcing professionals to achieve higher levels of success. Participants receive a 350+ page color training manual and electronic copies of all imbedded tools (Microsoft Word™or Excel™).
Program #3 – Advanced Procurement Negotiations™ – This is a two day seminar for sourcing personnel. This program teaches advanced techniques for planning, staging, and conducting procurement negotiations. It encompasses interactive team exercises and role playing that expands participants’ negotiating instincts. We also incorporate content to help escalate performance in negotiating complex commodities and sole/single source acquisitions. Participants receive a 75+ page color training manual and electronic copies of all imbedded tools (Microsoft Word™ or Excel™).
Program #4 – Strategic Contracting™ – This two-day program trains participants to pro-actively plan, develop, draft, and manage the contracting process. In today’s Strategic Sourcing environment, organizations must shift high volumes of acquisition activity through long-term contracted supplier relationships. This seminar teaches legal principles related to purchasing & service agreements, tips for working with attorneys, drafting techniques for statements of work, pro-active contract management methodologies, and dispute resolution techniques. They also learn innovative ways to derive cost reductions from contract portfolios, minimize legal support expenses, and beat suppliers at the contracting game. Participants receive a 75+ page color training manual and electronic copies of all imbedded tools (Microsoft Word™ or Excel™).
Program #5 – Supplier Performance Management™ – This is a two day seminar for contributors who direct supplier relationships. This program helps to enhance the “Value Management” aspect of procurement performance, by providing tools & techniques that improve supplier performance, product/service quality, procurement program efficiency, and capture deeper savings than originally “sourced”. This seminar contains innovative team exercises, role playing, and interaction. Participants also learn meaningful “metrics” to apply to supplier’s performance. When conducted in concert with Foundations of Supply Management™ training, this program is a one day addition. Participants receive a 75+ page color training manual and electronic copies of all imbedded tools (Microsoft Word™ or Excel™).
Program #6 – Outstanding Customer Service for Procurement Professionals™ – Many of us chose procurement because we like to negotiate deals and capture savings…not because we love customer service. Modern supply management organizations, however, thrive on meeting the needs of their internal customers. This two-day seminar teaches procurement professionals innovative techniques that transform their approach to internal customers…and position them to capture those customers’ requirements into “best practices” purchasing programs. Participants receive a 75+ page color training manual and electronic copies of all imbedded tools (Microsoft Word™ or Excel™).
Program #7 – Best Practices in Inventory Management™ – This is a two-day workshop for both procurement and materials management personnel who manage or support product inventories. The program teaches participants how to minimize costs and risk for their organizations, while ensuring the secure continuity of the supply-chain. Participants learn “best practices” used by leading organizations to measure and store products, efficiently arrange warehouse and stockroom facilities, manage/cycle their inventories, and improve fill-rate timeliness, and accuracy. They also learn ways to avoid carrying inventories at all, through SMI, Consignment, KanBan, JIT, JIT II, and other methods. Participants receive a 75+ page color training manual and electronic copies of all imbedded tools (Microsoft Word™ or Excel™).
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