Global Procurement and Logistics Management Excellence

Introduction:

This new concept on global procurement and logistics management focuses on maximizing the benefits derived from procurement activities by integrating traditional techniques with advanced tools, technologies, and modern approaches.

In the Effective Procurement and Logistics Management course, participants will explore category management and learn how to apply it strategically to achieve excellence in organizations. The seminar will illustrate how category management—covering supplier sourcing, management, development, and relationship management—contributes positively to economic profit within supply chains.

By the end of the course, attendees will understand these benefits, evaluate procurement performance, and grasp how this function can create profit in top organizations globally. The course will also provide practical insights on implementing these strategies effectively.

The course integrates essential principles and international best practices to prepare professionals for excelling in the dynamic global market and logistics procurement environment.

Objectives:

By the end of the Effective Procurement and Logistics Management course, participants will:

• Utilize comprehensive, discipline-based knowledge of supply chain management.
• Reveal, examine, and evaluate market and management requirements.
• Acquire knowledge and skills in category management.
• Apply various strategies and techniques to enhance procurement performance.
• Improve organizational procurement and supply chain practices.
• Analyze and alter procurement and supply chain information for value opportunities.
• Identify how to increase value through procurement.
• Understand procurement's role in the supply chain.
• Employ appropriate tools for effective procurement.
• Commit to ongoing procurement and supply chain improvements.

Training Methodology:

• Case Studies
• Interactive Workshops
• Simulations
• Role Playing
• Group Discussions

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Understanding Procurement and Category Management

• Definition and function of procurement and purchasing.
• Benefits and challenges of effective procurement.
• Procurement’s role in the supply chain.
• Competitive advantage through procurement.
• Types of procurement and global supply chain considerations.
• Introduction to category management.

Unit 2: Value Creation and Pain/Problem/Relieve Purchase Appraisal Criterions Outline

• Defining procurement excellence.
• Category management process and benefits.
• Integration with P2P and procurement cycles.

Unit 3: Basics of Supplier Sourcing and Selection Pathways

• Value and risk analysis in procurement planning.
• Kraljic matrix application.
• Category management and value opportunities.
• Low-cost country sourcing.

Unit 4: Concepts of Collaborative Supplier Relationship

• Objectives and practices of supplier management.
• Managing contracts and supplier relationships.
• Supplier development and feedback.
• Integrated process development and risk mitigation.

Unit 5: Identifying and Addressing The Main Roadblocks To Category Management

• Barriers to procurement and category management.
• Managing internal tensions and skill development.
• Overcoming resistance to change.

Unit 6: The 4 Steps Model for Introducing Category Management

• Assessing current practices.
• Defining key inquiries and research for strategy development.
• Designing and implementing new processes.

Unit 7: Category Management and Rethinking The Supply Chain

• Future trends in supply chains.
• Agility in procurement strategies.
• Corporate social responsibility and supply chain reengineering.
• Strategies for economic returns and peak supply chain management.