The Proficiency Seminar for Experienced Buyers
 
 
 

Who should attend

This seminar has been designed for buyers with extensive hands-on experience in purchasing. It is particularly adapted for experienced purchasing professionals seeking for a short and intense training to consolidate several years of “on the job” learning and to acquire the latest “best practices” in purchasing.


Objectives and outcome of the programme

To provide experienced buyers the required methodology and “best practices” to improve their efficiency by better structuring and formalising their current work.
At the end of the programme participants will be better armed to structure the implementation of “best practices” and to improve their impact to the business.
Some of the “best practices” covered in details are:
 

- Pre-learning sessions: which are aimed at preparing the participants for the group sessions, by giving them a common understanding on the fundamentals, accessible over the Internet, they include:
TCO, Fundamentals cost analysis, Financial fundamentals for buyers, Sourcing process and tools, Functional analysis, e-tools for purchasing fundamentals, Project Management, Supplier performance evaluation and development, the 6 Sigma approach, Diagnosis of purchasing process.
- Class sessions, which are aimed at reinforcing and implementing what have been learned during the pre-learning sessions, include presentation of topics by professors, group discussions, simulations, case studies, guest speakers etc.