PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIAL
CAPC Purchasing Manager Course

Participant Insights

Krister Fagerstolt is currently the supply manager for East Europe with the Borealis Group. He is responsible for local and down stream sourcing. His responsibilities also include the building of the global procurement network for maintenance and technical services.

With an educational background in engineering, Mr Fagerstolt had previous experience in R&D, engineering and project management before joining Borealis as the purchasing manager.

 What led you to participate in the CAPC Course for PM?
“I wanted to understand the different aspects of purchasing in a procurement environment and  to gain a better overview of commercial issues and corporate strategies. I  also wanted to gain “soft skills” in management to know how to manage the competencies of my team.”

Your Experience
“A Professional learning experience. The course gave me a lot of useful tools and Best Practices from real life case studies which is applicable. There was also useful cross learning through shared experiences with the other participants from different industries..."

Two weeks is just right to gain the knowledge I was looking for.”

Professional Impact
“The course gave me more confidence in what we do and the strategic choices we make. Throughout the course, I took the opportunity to present what we were doing at work and took this chance to verify with the Professors. With the feedback I receive I feel assured that we are on the right track. The knowledge learnt during the CAPC PM course are good tools to improve company behaviour and make progress in the purchasing activities. In fact Borealis will send more purchasing managers for this course so that there is alliance thinking to align  procurement strategies methodologically throughout the organisation. Finally the course provided me with the soft skills to be a better manager.”

Krister Fagerstolt
Supply Manager East Europe
Borealis Group – Finland