Advanced Distribution Management
5 days|Delivered on request
This advanced programme assumes delegates already work in the field. It goes past the basics into inventory optimisation, tender evaluation and the judgement calls that sit outside the CIPS professional standard. At this level the constraint is rarely knowledge. It is judgement under pressure, which matters because procurement decisions are now audited for process as closely as for price. Delegates leave able to work confidently with contract negotiation, total cost of ownership and contract administration in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Improve contract negotiation within their own organisation, measured against the CIPS professional standard
- Make a decision about total cost of ownership without waiting for a specialist
- Review contract administration and say plainly whether it is working
- Take ownership of spend analysis rather than escalating it
What the course covers
- Inventory optimisation
- Tender evaluation
- Contract negotiation
- Total cost of ownership
- Contract administration
- Spend analysis
- Supplier performance measurement
Who should attend
- bid and tender officers
- logistics coordinators
- supply chain analysts
- inventory controllers
- supply chain managers
