Professional Purchasing & Procurement Skills and Practices

This practical, interactive 2-day training course, with an acknowledged industry specialist, will address some of the key challenges and opportunities facing SA purchasing professionals today.

This course will enable you to apply the most effective purchasing skills and methods in your business, leading ultimately to organisation growth and improvement.

During this intensive 2-Day course, you will:

• Develop insights into how the effective use of purchasing can add value to your business and its bottom line
• Formulate the framework of an effective purchasing system
• Implement leading purchasing practices including consignment stock, contracts and single sourcing, outsourcing and benchmarking
• Consider all aspects needed for the successful implementation of a sustainable BEE Procurement Policy
• Apply the latest thinking with regards to managing supplier relationships
• Comprehend the importance of, and best manner to implement customer service strategies within your purchasing function
• Grasp some of the legal impacts of purchasing and use these insights to draft suitable supplier agreements
• Produce appropriate policies for dealing with issues such as purchasing fraud, confidentiality, fair trade practices, and gratuities
• Investigate strategies for developing global procurement as an alternative source of supply

This 2-day course, with an acknowledged procurement expert in purchasing, will provide answers to questions such as:

• How can you use purchasing to add value to your business?
• How can you develop the framework of an effective purchasing system in your company?
• How to implement an "Affirmative" Procurement Policy without impacting on quality or costs?
• How can you implement leading purchasing practices in your company?

The emphasis of the course is on providing a stimulating and informative South African issue based learning experience, in a short period of time, with the focus on practical knowledge.