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.
Participants will learn about the field of communication for development in this course (C4D). In order to encourage participation and engagement with kids, families, communities, and networks for positive social and behavioral change in both development and humanitarian contexts, C4D is an evidence-based strategy that makes use of a variety of communication tools, channels, and approaches. It incorporates knowledge and ideas from social, behavioral, and communication sciences.
In order to meet these new challenges and take advantage of chances for innovation to bring about behavior and social change, participants in this three-day course will need new and improved communication competencies.
Too often company executives and professionals spend most of their time fixing day-to-day problems. They react to problems, rather than focusing on what they would like the company to be and then on making it happen. This program focuses on changing the way we think from reacting (responding to day-to-day problems, fixing and repairing) to developing plans for what we want to have happened and then implementing the plans.
A document management system is a computer system used to track and store electronic documents. It is usually also capable of keeping track of the different versions modified by different users. The term has some overlap with the concepts of content management systems. It is often viewed as a component of enterprise content management systems and related to digital asset management, document imaging, workflow systems, and records management systems. This course shows you how to deal with papers in an electronic way to get rid of the papers hard copy which takes a lot of space and time
This course will help you define and implement the vision you have for yourself, your team, and your organization. Working from an initial understanding of your own capabilities, motivators, and resources, it will build an action plan for moving you and those around you towards a shared perception of the future, able to respond to an ever-changing world.
We all operate in an increasingly complex commercial and professional environment that requires us to negotiate on a daily basis not only with customers, clients, suppliers and contractors but also with managers, fellow employees, and colleagues within our own organization.
When did you last stop to think about how you work at work – and whether the way you work could be changed to help you be more successful? The Business Brain Train Seminar provides a thoroughly enjoyable environment for you to explore these questions. It shows how to make yourself more effective using mind mapping; teaches techniques for faster, more effective reading, and shows how to use memory systems to remember information. It examines techniques for idea generation, creativity and problem solving; planning; time management; and inter-personal communication skills (including making a speech and how to improve meetings. It focuses on the core skills required for success in any enterprise.