Strategic Category Management
5 days|Delivered on request
Strategic Category Management looks at this work from the level at which it is resourced and defended. The focus is on supply risk assessment, strategic sourcing and how both connect to what the organisation is actually trying to achieve. This matters at the strategic level because category spend is one of the few remaining places to find margin without cutting headcount. Delegates leave able to work confidently with supplier development, logistics management and contract administration in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Improve supplier development within their own organisation, measured against the CIPS professional standard
- Explain logistics management to someone who does not do the work
- Take ownership of contract administration rather than escalating it
- Make a decision about spend analysis without waiting for a specialist
What the course covers
- Supply risk assessment
- Strategic sourcing
- Supplier development
- Logistics management
- Contract administration
- Spend analysis
- Total cost of ownership
Who should attend
- inventory controllers
- procurement managers
- bid and tender officers
- sourcing specialists
- logistics coordinators
