INTRODUCTION TO PURCHASING & SUPPLY

PRINCIPLES OF ASSERTIVE EXPEDITING

STOCK CONTROL PRINCIPLES

IMPROVING NEGOTIATION PERFORMANCE

INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTS & FINANCE FOR THE BUYER

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

COMMERCIAL LAW

PURCHASING & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

DEVELOPING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT

RISK MANAGEMENT FOR PURCHASERS

FINANCE FOR PURCHASING

SPECIALIST COURSES

TARGET:

More senior purchasing staff, with emphasis given to strategy/policy aspects of purchasing.

COURSE CONTENT

• Developing purchasing strategic tools of analysis
• Purchasing evolution leading to purchasing profiling and diagnosis
• World Class concepts - purchasing's role
• Benchmarking purchasing performance
• Purchasing and the supply chain
• Supplier positioning analysis
• Concept of delighting the customer internally and externally
  

SKILLS TRANSFER

• Strategic tools of analysis
• Purchasing strategy formulation
• Moving away from price concepts to strategic acquisition costs
• Purchasing profiling - moving away from clerical/reactive to strategic
• Supplier positioning - buyers opportunity costs concepts
• Identifying areas for purchasing
  

DATES AND TIMES

Start 9.00am, Lunch 1.00pm, Finish 5.00pm

2nd October 2009 Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Blackburn

13th November 2009 Glendower Hotel, Lytham St Annes

5th February 2010 Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Blackburn

12th March 2010 Holiday Inn, Edinburgh

7th May 2010 Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Blackburn

16th July 2010 Holiday Inn, London

10th September 2010 Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Blackburn

NB – All the above courses can be run in house to suit the client – please contact us for details.

COURSE FEE
£365.00 plus VAT, includes refreshments, lunch and learning materials

D M Jones and Associates Ltd Purchasing business courses.