Course Overview
The Procurement and Supply Chain Management course will develop business professionals to manage the value creation processes from the procurement and supply of resources up to final delivery channels to customers. At the moment it is one of the emerging areas for corporate competitiveness.
Procurement is the process of getting the goods and materials your company needs, while supply chain management is the process of transforming those goods into products and distributing them to customers as efficiently as possible
Course content
- Introduction to procurement
- History of procurement
- Procurement myths
- Procurement and organizational strategy
- Procurement and managing change
- Procurement planning
- Procurement strategy
- Procurement cycle
- Tendering process
- Selection criteria
- Tender evaluation
- Tender negotiations
- Risk management
- Supplier relationship management
- New supplier engagement
- Contracts and contract management
- Contract administration
- Contract law
- Monitoring supplier performance
- Procurement ethics
- Supply market analysis
- Engaging and managing stakeholders
- Writing specifications and terms of reference
- Selection of methods (RFQ, ITB and RFP)
- Preparation of solicitation documents
- Bid receipt and opening
- Evaluating bids and proposals
- Contract approval process
- Committee submissions and approvals
- Contract award and management
- Contract management terms and skills
- Performance monitoring
- Dispute management
- Ethics and integrity in procurement
Exercises:
After reading course materials, students are expected to complete some relevant exercises and tasks to test their own learning.
Assignments
Students will be required to submit three assignments to demonstrate their understanding of the course content.
DURATION: 3 Months
REGIONS TARGETED: Global
COURSE FEE: €500
ORGANIZERS: GRI
LANGUAGE: English and French
FORMAT: Online Learning
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