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Purchasing Management Specialist

The Complete Course on Purchasing Management

Classroom Sessions

10-14 Feb 2025
Dubai
$5,950
26-30 May 2025
London
$5,950
28 Jul-01 Aug 2025
London
$5,950

Online Sessions

07-11 Apr 2025
Online
$3,950

Course Overview

This Purchasing Management Specialist training course is designed to equip you with the skills needed to lead a procurement team to achieve world-class performance. It focuses on addressing common performance gaps to ensure that Purchasing Management continuously contributes to meeting organizational strategic objectives.

The Purchasing Management Specialist training course emphasizes a proactive approach to procurement, encouraging participants to focus on strategic activities that showcase creativity, flexibility, and in-depth supply market knowledge. It highlights how to enhance and measure the contributions of the purchasing function, positioning it as a core competency within the organization. By implementing these strategies, procurement can drive significant improvements and deliver greater value to the organization.

This COPEX training course will feature:

  • The Skills and Attributes of World Class Purchasing Personnel
  • Measuring Leading Performance
  • Selection and Application of Management Strategies
  • Understanding the Changing International Best Practices
  • Managing Supplier to Obtain Best in Class Results

Training Objectives

By the end of this COPEX training course, participants will be able to:

  • Learn How to Develop High Performance Purchasing Organisations
  • Develop Strategic Purchasing Plans & Discuss How to Improve Internal Customer Service
  • Appreciate and See the Analytics That Guide Procurement Strategies
  • Explore Many Ways of Reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Understand the Most Important Competencies for Purchasing Personnel

Training Methodology

This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.

The training course is highly interactive and will prompt delegates to reflect on their current practices and goals. The tutor will guide and facilitate learning using a wide range of methods including direct input, discussions, case studies and exercises in groups and pairs.

Who should Attend?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:

  • Procurement and Contracts Personnel
  • Purchasing, Procurement, Contracts, Contract Administration, Projects Personnel
  • Engineering, Facilities, Finance, and Maintenance Personnel
  • Personnel Involved in the Planning and Management of Tender Process
  • Leaders in the Acquisition of Materials, Equipment and Services

Training Outline

Day One: The 1st Steps to Becoming World Class
  • Stages To World Class Purchasing
  • How Purchasing is Viewed Today
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Developing Spend Profiles and the ABC Analysis
  • New Job Descriptions For Purchasing of the Future
  • Purchasing Personnel Required Skill Sets
Day Two: Evaluating Your Own Operation
  • What are Best Practices
  • Purchasing Gap Analysis
  • Vision and Mission for Purchasing
  • Developing The Purchasing Department Strategic Plan
  • Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) For Procurement
  • Developing A Company Purchase Price Index
Day Three: Continuous Improvement and How to Get It
  • Cost Reduction Initiatives
  • Methods of Cost Containment
  • Waste In The Supply Chain
  • Breaking Down The Elements Of Supplier Cost
  • Commodity/Service Strategic Planning
  • Resisting Price Increases
Day Four: Supplier Management Approaches
  • Supplier Classification System
  • Supplier Qualification Methods
  • Supplier Performance Metrics
  • Apply Performance Criteria to Purchasing Decisions
  • Process Mapping To Eliminate Low Value Activities
  • Applying eProcurement Business Process
Day Five: Improving the Image of Procurement
  • Global Sourcing
  • International Labor Rates Comparison
  • Developing and Maintaining a Customer Focus
  • Basic Issues In Corruption And Fraud Prevention
  • Increasing The Level of Procurement Professionalism
  • Keeping Current in the Profession
Accreditation

COPEX is ILM Recognised and offers a number of Recognised Management and Leadership programmes. Aside from COPEX's Certificate of Completion, delegates will be able to pursue ILM Recognised Certification (which typically involves passing an additional study, either a work based assignment or on-demand assessment) after the conclusion of this ILM Recognised programme.

Certificates

  • COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

We can customize this
training course for you!

At Copex Training, we offer customizable courses designed to fit your specific needs. whether it's refining procurement practices or enhancing leadership and management skills, we tailor our programs to meet your unique goals and challenges. Let us create a training solution that delivers real results for your team.
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How can I register?

There are several ways to register in our public training courses:
Online – Browse the Training Plan, select the course of choice, click on the button
“Register Now” inside the course outline page.
E-mail – Send the details (name, company name, email address and training course of
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Telephone – +971 4 368 6886 or +971 50 106 2750

When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.

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