Training Course: E-Procurement & Purchasing Management

Introduction

Course Objectives of E-Procurement & Purchasing

• Learn the principles of e-procurement.
• Understand the requirements needed to develop an e-procurement system.
• Understand how to implement an e-procurement system.
• Learn how to manage an e-procurement system.
• Develop strategic purchasing plans.
• See how to apply past supplier performance for better selection.

Course Outlines of E-Procurement & Purchasing

Day 1

Traditional Procurement Procedures

• The Organization’s Procurement Function.
• Strategic Sourcing.
• Supplier Selection and Evaluation and Performance.
• An Introduction to e-procurement.
• What is Needed to Develop an e-procurement System? 

• Developing the Steps for an e-procurement System.
• What can an e-procurement do for the Organisation?
• Components of an e-Procurement System Components.
• Internal Customer Ordering and Approvals System through e-procurement.
• Developing an E-quotation Preparations and Evaluation System.
• Evaluating an E-quotation System.

Day 2

E-Procurement Models and Negotiation

• E-procurement in the Organisation.
• Negotiating techniques to Avoid Confrontational Negotiating.
• New Techniques in Influencing.
• Understanding the Power of Negotiating.
• Negotiating Pressure points and Countermeasures.
• Negotiation Exercises.

• e-Procurement Risk and Workflows.
• e-Procurement Processes.
• e-Procurement Hardware and Software.
• e-Procurement User Administration.
• e-Procurement Security  .

Day 3

Organizational Improvement through e-Procurement

• Integrating e-procurement Systems into the Organisation.
• Integration Issues.
• e-Procurement and Contract Law.
• Contracts and Electronic Signatures.
• Contract Formation and e-trading.
• Making Changes in the Organization.

Day 4

Evaluating Your Own Operation

• Procurement Gap & Benchmarking Analysis.
• Spend & Opportunity Analysis.
• Developing the Procurement Department Strategic Plan.
• Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) For Procurement.
• Material Chain Management.

• Key Enablers of Procurement.
• Agile Procurement.
• Supplier Pricing and Managing Price.
• Cost Reduction Strategies.
• Digitalization.

Day 5

Supplier Management Approaches

• Supplier Classification System.
• Supplier Qualification Methods.
• Supplier Performance Metrics.
• Managing Procurement Risks.
• Contract Management.

• Global Sourcing.
• Market Intelligence.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Keeping Current in the profession.