Description

This training will equip you with a comprehensive understanding of the roles and challenges faced by procurement managers in the context of CSR. You will learn how to develop and communicate a responsible purchasing policy, strengthen supplier relationships, effectively lead your team, and engage with key stakeholders in the procurement function.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

• Procurement Managers.
• Purchasing Group Leaders.
• Category Managers.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of procurement tools.

Training objectives

Develop a procurement strategy aligned with the company’s overall direction

Define and implement internal and external communication actions

Understand and apply various procurement strategies

Establish effective supplier relationship management

Strengthen leadership and team management skills within the procurement function

Training program

• Understand the challenges of the purchasing function
  • Locate purchasing within the company.
  • The main dimensions of the purchasing function.
  • The different purchasing organizations and the Supply Chain Management vision.
  • The new challenges of the purchasing function.
  • Practical work Discovery in small groups of the main risks linked to purchasing.
  • Identification of the issues.
• Define a purchasing strategy adapted to your company's strategy
  • Purchasing strategy and cost strategy.
  • Purchasing strategy and differentiation strategy.
  • Main tools for developing a purchasing strategy.
  • Main strategic purchasing levers.
  • Case study Case studies in small groups followed by individual reflection on the purchasing strategy best suited to the environment.
• Anticipate and manage risks
  • Technical risks.
  • Financial risks.
  • Logistical risks.
  • Image risks.
  • Human risks .
  • Political and environmental risks.
  • Practical work Participants identify the risks specific to their company's purchases.
  • Exchanges on possible opportunities to develop.
• Manage the purchasing team
  • Define missions and set objectives.
  • Know how to recruit.
  • Know how to delegate.
  • Evaluate the performance of your employees.
  • Know your management style to lead better.
  • Practical work Self-diagnosis of your management style.
• Manage the performance of the purchasing department
  • Implement appropriate procedures.
  • Deploy framework agreements.
  • Build partnerships.
  • Develop e-tools and benchmarking.
  • Define performance indicators.
  • Build the purchasing department dashboard.
  • Practical work Analysis of a purchasing department, identification of indicators to put in place and creation of a dashboard.
• Communicate: purchasing, a cross-functional function
  • Internal communication tools.
  • External communication tools.
  • Practical work Development of a communication plan and selection of tools adapted to a given communication operation.
• Supplier portfolio management
  • The different elements of supplier base management.
  • How to optimize the search for suppliers and subcontractors? Available sources of information.
  • Know how to use Pareto's law.
  • Practical work Participants conduct a portfolio analysis using the ABC method.