Improving your Buying Skills

Date Format Fees  
19 Jun - 21 Jun, 2024 Classroom ₦270,000 Register
03 Dec - 06 Dec, 2024 Classroom ₦270,000 Register

Event Details

    • The course will demonstrate how you can improve efficiency through improved buying.
    • Throughout much of the learning process you will use your own organizational knowledge and apply it to               a range of scenarios.
    • Participants will gain a broader understanding of the buyer’s contribution to the organization’s bottom line            through product and performance improvement, legal and regulatory considerations.
    • They will also learn how to analyze and interpret pricing models and build collaborative relationships with              suppliers with the long-term aim of continuous improvement.  Participants will also learn how to negotiate       and take part in a negotiating situation

 

CONTENT:

  • The purchasing cycle
  • Working across the organization and stakeholder management
  • Sourcing the market and source planning
  • Supplier appraisal process
  • Buying methods such as tenders and quotations
  • PPCA – purchasing prices cost analysis
  • Negotiation strategies, persuasion methods and tactics
  • The fundamentals of contract law
  • Negotiation guidelines
  • Managing supplier performance
  • Continuous improvement

 

FOR WHOM:

Stores, Purchasing and Logistics Personnel in the Public and Private Sectors.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

  • Venue

    Alpha Partners Professional Training Conference Centre. 200, Muritala Mohammed Way (3rd Floor), Yaba Lagos.

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