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Executive and professional training
305 Glenwood Road, Faerie Glen, Pretoria, South Africa
069 221 6943
info@isptrainings.co.za
Category Management for Small and Medium Enterprises
Procurement and Supply Chain|3 days|Classroom or live online
Category Management for Small and Medium Enterprises takes the discipline and works it through the constraints of this operating context, including contract administration, spend analysis and the compliance obligations that come with it. The sector framing is necessary because procurement decisions are now audited for process as closely as for price, and generic training rarely survives contact with the local rules. Delegates leave able to work confidently with bid adjudication, category management and inventory optimisation in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Put bid adjudication on a footing they can defend to a reviewer, measured against the CIPS professional standard
- Spot where category management is failing before it becomes a finding
- Review inventory optimisation and say plainly whether it is working
- Improve supplier relationship management within their own organisation
What the course covers
- Contract administration
- Spend analysis
- Bid adjudication
- Category management
- Inventory optimisation
- Supplier relationship management
- Demand planning
Who should attend
- logistics coordinators
- procurement managers
- inventory controllers
- contract administrators
Fees
| South Africa | R13 000 |
| Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf | USD 1 500 |
| Live online | USD 900 |
Per delegate, for the full 3 days. Covers tuition, course materials and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation. South African courses carry VAT at 15%; on deliveries outside South Africa the VAT position is confirmed on the quotation, because it depends on where your organisation is registered.
Scheduled dates
| 16 to 18 Nov 2026 | Johannesburg | R13 000 |
| 25 to 27 Jan 2027 | Pretoria | R13 000 |
| 1 to 3 Mar 2027 | Pretoria | R13 000 |
| 12 to 14 Apr 2027 | Pretoria | R13 000 |
| 17 to 19 May 2027 | Durban | R13 000 |
| 21 to 23 Jun 2027 | Kigali | USD 1 500 |
| 2 to 4 Aug 2027 | Online | USD 900 |
| 13 to 15 Sep 2027 | Online | USD 900 |
| 18 to 20 Oct 2027 | Accra | USD 1 500 |
| 29 Nov to 1 Dec 2027 | Pretoria | R13 000 |
Dates are the published schedule at the time this page was printed. We also run this programme on request, and in-house for a full team.
How to book
Call 069 221 6943 or email info@isptrainings.co.za with the date and the number of delegates. We reply with a written quotation and an invoice. A registration is not a confirmed booking until we confirm it in writing.
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