International procurement is a complex process, which has the potential to provide many benefits to the organization in the form of lower prices, higher quality and improved supplier performance. In this programme you will learn how to:
Develop your management skills.
Build your staff into a dynamic team.
Develop a strategic mind-set.
Negotiate in a dynamic fashion.
Target vision of excellence for your operation.
Locate, evaluate and manage international sources.
Implement best practices in international procurement.
Effectively draft an international procurement contract.
Manage the international movement of materials.
Examine management best practices.
Appraise powerful techniques for building teamwork.
Scrutinize important aspects of strategic thinking.
Evaluate the key elements of operational excellence.
Examine how to locate and evaluate new sources internationally.
Consider the impact of the internet on purchasing operations.
Review best practices in international purchasing.
Analyse ways of managing suppliers more effectively.
Study new concepts in inventory management.
Explore productive negotiating skills.
Understand the proper drafting of international contracts.
Plan for effective international transportation management.
Professionals Seeking Career Advancement
Career ChangersConsultants and Advisors
Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Operations Managers
Sourcing Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Procurement Professionals
The importance of socio-technical management.
Techniques for effective communication.
Motivating for results.
Enhancing your coaching skills.
Empowering employees for improved performance.
Characteristics of a successful manager.
Obtaining the benefits of teamwork.
Characteristics of ineffective teams.
Characteristics of effective teams.
Managing conflict in a productive manner.
Understanding team member styles.
Creating a virtual team.
Analyzing the strategic planning process.
Achieving competitive advantage.
Utilizing dynamic SWOT analysis.
Focusing on vision and mission.
The importance of contingency planning.
Examples of strategic success and failure.
Gaining insight into the negotiating process.
Characteristics of an effective negotiator.
Developing negotiating strategies.
Employing persuasive negotiation techniques.
Achieving the benefits of effective negotiating.
Negotiation exercises.
The Malcolm Baldrige quality award-standard of excellence.
Lessons from the best performing companies.
Benchmarking your operation against the best.
Creating employee commitment.
Managing continuous improvement.
Creating the high performance organization.
Globalization and its effects.
Utilizing the internet for procurement.
Modern buying practices.
Assuring supplier performance.
Methods for determining price.
Procurement’s role in the organization.
Procurement performance measurement.
Long term contract pricing formulas.
International buying operations.
International counter-trade.
Achieving the benefits of global procurement.
Overcoming the difficulties of international buying.
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