The effective management of contracts is seen by many as critical to the success of their organisation, and our world-class courses are recognised as providing the benchmark certification. Research shows that many organisations are losing between 10 and 25% of their contract value due to poor contract management practices. These include poor management of third-party providers, lack of compliance and governance. Sub-optimal specs and scopes of work, coupled with high-risk supplier selection.
Our suite of leading-edge courses is designed to empower participants and teams with the skills and knowledge to understand and apply contract and commercial principles and techniques in an operational or managerial role to ensure optimal outcomes. Our courses will facilitate cross-functional working with key stakeholders, contractors, and clients. This suite of courses is for both individual and team capability development.
All of our courses are available as a live-streamed tutor-led event via the Zoom/Teams platform or face-to-face versions. Tailored in-house events are also available. For more details, please contact admissions@dpss.co.uk
Courses will be delivered by our expert team.
Target Audience
These courses are designed for contract managers, technical people, focal points, commercial managers, contract officers, customer success managers, supplier relationship managers, customer account managers, facilities managers, procurement, IT service delivery managers, category managers, vendor managers, escalation managers, sales managers, business development managers, contract governance officers, project managers, team leaders and finance managers who have a responsibility for managing contracts but may not be contract or commercial specialists.
Management Information is key to analysing performance, identifying trends and potential risks to delivery. SLA agreements, profit margins, bid preparation and contract award all need to be managed or escalated as appropriate. Participants who need to be able to collaborate with contractors and stakeholders to resolve business performance issues and agree on activities for improvement.
Introduction To Contract Management
This course is designed to provide participants with an introduction to the process of commercial and contract management.
Supplier Relationship Management
This course will enable effective supplier relationship management and the development of successful, collaborative relationships with key suppliers
Intermediate Contract Management
This course is designed to enable contract management practitioners to competently and compliantly manage a wide range of routine, leverage, bottleneck, and strategic contracts.
Project Management Fundamentals
This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to Project Management Fundamentals.
Advance Contract Management
This course will broaden contract managers knowledge and capabilities and will delve into specific topics where appropriate.
Managing Service Contracts
To enable participants to effectively and efficiently set up and manage a range of contracts for the provision of services.
Agile Contracting
This course will enable contract managers to work with Agile agreements which demand greater levels of collaboration between the parties.
Defence Contracting: MoD Terms and Conditions
This course explains the principles and terminology of the contractual aspects of defence procurement as well as considering a number of relevant policies and initiatives.
Harnessing the Power of AI tools in Contract and Commercial Management
To introduce AI tools and their many applications in commercial activities. The course will demonstrate the ability to create and deploy a contract and commercial management AI Assistant using structured prompts and organisational knowledge.
Project Management Tools & Techniques
The aim of this two-day course is to bring out the factors that make the difference between success and failure.
Introduction to the Capabilities of AI in Contract & Commercial Management
The aim is to explain the importance of leveraging advanced AI technology in contract and commercial management.
