Strategic Sourcing for Small and Medium Enterprises
5 days|Delivered on request
Strategic Sourcing for Small and Medium Enterprises takes the discipline and works it through the constraints of this operating context, including inventory optimisation, strategic sourcing 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 demand planning, supplier development and contract negotiation in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Bring demand planning into line with current good practice, measured against the PFMA and MFMA supply chain regulations
- Improve supplier development within their own organisation
- Make a decision about contract negotiation without waiting for a specialist
- Review ethical sourcing and say plainly whether it is working
What the course covers
- Inventory optimisation
- Strategic sourcing
- Demand planning
- Supplier development
- Contract negotiation
- Ethical sourcing
- Total cost of ownership
Who should attend
- sourcing specialists
- supply chain analysts
- contract administrators
- procurement managers
