Enhance your knowledge and skills in this increasingly important procurement area

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Appreciate why category management has the potential to deliver value beyond traditional sourcign approaches
• Decide which approaches to category management are best suited to your organisation
• Utitlise a range of tools and techniques to develop category management in your organisation, that will help you to build enhanced alignment with stakeholders and create long-term strategies for manging spend
• Identify the building blocks for developing an appropriate implementation strategy 

Become a more confident and effective procurement leader

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the impact of procurement on competitive advantage
• Demonstrate increased ability and confidence in influencing, managing and motivating teams responsible for procurement
• Demonstrate skills to manage and mitigate risks in your supply chain.
• Gain access to Cranfield's recent research in product and service aquisition.

This is a three-day residential training course led by Cranfield School of Management.

Leadership is not always innate, but it is something that can be learned. This one-day workshop explores the different aspects, models and styles of leadership, with a specific focus on leadership issues within the Procurement function. The workshop gets participants to complete their own self-analysis of their leadership style, and considers how leadership plays a pivotal role within any organisation, and specifically within the procurement function itself.

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, delegates will be equipped with:

• An understanding of the importance of leadership within the procurement, and the similarities and differences in effective procurement leadership from that of other business functions
• The ability to distinguish between management and leadership; and behavioural traits of successful leaders
• A knowledge of the leadership role played by the Head of the Procurement function and other key procurement roles
• An understanding of how to improve your effectiveness in delivering change, the leadership continuum, and various leadership styles and influencing strategies. Understand the strengths of your own leadership style, and how to build on your weaknesses
• An understanding of “action-centred leadership”; “Situational leadership”; and the importance of stakeholder mapping.

An introduction to the key regulations surrounding the public procurement process

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Understand the implications of the specific UK and EU legislation regarding public procurement
• Understand the processes required to establish good practice and operate within legal parameters
• Apply the knowledge in your own organisation, ensuring fair and equal treatment of potential suppliers
• Demonstrate knowledge of recent case law and the effect this has had on procurement practice.

Please note: price above includes any early bird discount (if applied).
Contact ukskills@cips.org for specfic closing dates for early bird booking.

Package deals available:

• This course with Applying the public procurement regulations or The future of public procurement
  £540 + VAT CIPS members, £600 + VAT non-members
• All three courses
  £810 + VAT CIPS members, £900 + VAT non members
• To claim, call +44 (0) 845 880 1188 and ask for Customer Services

Accommodation
If you require accommodation for the night prior to this training course, please contact the CIPS Accommodation Service on +44 (0) 1780 484052 or email cips@trinityeventsolutions.co.uk