Category Management Auditing and Assurance
3 days|Delivered on request
This programme is written from the assurance side. Delegates learn to test whether supply risk assessment and contract administration are working as claimed, and how to evidence the conclusion. Assurance work is under scrutiny because procurement decisions are now audited for process as closely as for price. Delegates leave able to work confidently with e-procurement systems, category management and logistics management in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Spot where e-procurement systems is failing before it becomes a finding, measured against the CIPS professional standard
- Review category management and say plainly whether it is working
- Make a decision about logistics management without waiting for a specialist
- Improve ethical sourcing within their own organisation
What the course covers
- Supply risk assessment
- Contract administration
- E-procurement systems
- Category management
- Logistics management
- Ethical sourcing
- Contract negotiation
Who should attend
- bid and tender officers
- sourcing specialists
- logistics coordinators
- contract administrators
- procurement managers
