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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: Tools and Techniques
Procurement and Supply Chain|3 days|Classroom or live online
This is a hands-on programme. Delegates spend most of the time working through ethical sourcing and category management on live scenarios rather than listening to theory about them. The practical emphasis is deliberate: procurement decisions are now audited for process as closely as for price, and reading about the method has repeatedly proved insufficient. Delegates leave able to work confidently with e-procurement systems, total cost of ownership and warehouse operations in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Explain e-procurement systems to someone who does not do the work, measured against the CIPS professional standard
- Put total cost of ownership on a footing they can defend to a reviewer
- Bring warehouse operations into line with current good practice
- Spot where spend analysis is failing before it becomes a finding
What the course covers
- Ethical sourcing
- Category management
- E-procurement systems
- Total cost of ownership
- Warehouse operations
- Spend analysis
- Tender evaluation
Who should attend
- logistics coordinators
- sourcing specialists
- supply chain managers
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
| 26 to 28 Oct 2026 | Online | USD 900 |
| 18 to 20 Jan 2027 | Pretoria | R13 000 |
| 1 to 3 Mar 2027 | Online | USD 900 |
| 19 to 21 Apr 2027 | Online | USD 900 |
| 7 to 9 Jun 2027 | Windhoek | USD 1 500 |
| 12 to 14 Jul 2027 | Cape Town | R13 000 |
| 23 to 25 Aug 2027 | Cape Town | R13 000 |
| 27 to 29 Sep 2027 | Johannesburg | R13 000 |
| 1 to 3 Nov 2027 | Gaborone | USD 1 500 |
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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