Demand Planning Masterclass
5 days|Delivered on request
This advanced programme assumes delegates already work in the field. It goes past the basics into supplier relationship management, category management 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 category spend is one of the few remaining places to find margin without cutting headcount. Delegates leave able to work confidently with spend analysis, inventory optimisation and tender evaluation in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Improve spend analysis within their own organisation, measured against the CIPS professional standard
- Explain inventory optimisation to someone who does not do the work
- Put tender evaluation on a footing they can defend to a reviewer
- Take ownership of supply risk assessment rather than escalating it
What the course covers
- Supplier relationship management
- Category management
- Spend analysis
- Inventory optimisation
- Tender evaluation
- Supply risk assessment
- E-procurement systems
Who should attend
- logistics coordinators
- inventory controllers
- supply chain analysts
- procurement managers
- contract administrators
