Live Instructor-Led World CC (formally IACCM) Modern Procurement Programme – Associate Certification
Leading to the award of an internationally recognised certification in Procurement at the Associate level.
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Aims
This course is designed to empower the participant with the skills and knowledge to understand and apply commercial procurement principles and techniques in an operational and supervisory role to ensure optimal outcomes and to work in an agile and collaborative way with key stakeholders, with particular reference to contract managers, commercial managers, and end users.
We believe that there is demand in the marketplace for a specialist procurement course, certified by an internationally recognised awarding body (WorldCC) which covers the buy perspective.
Lead Consultant Dr Ray Carter – Fellow of World Commerce & Contracting Association (World CC), Creator of 10C Model & CIPS Purchasing Managers Index Panel
Target Audience
This course is designed for those who are starting a career (or new role) in procurement and may need an introduction or overview of the subject. Staff who are procurement practitioners, but who have not had the benefit of any formal training in the subject. The program focuses on delivering fundamental tools and techniques which will enable the participant to effectively understand the commercial procurement process. The course could also be suitable for commercial managers, contract administrators, project managers and those in finance.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the participants will be able to:
- Understand the importance of working collaboratively with contract managers, internal customers and end users
- Apply the procurement cycle and the risks at each stage
- Differentiate between strategic, routine, leverage and bottleneck sourcing
- Understand the importance of ESG and CSR in procurement decisions
- Collaborate with stakeholders redefining requirements, scopes of work and award strategies
- Appreciate the risks associated with procurement and the appropriate means of mitigation
- Understand the importance of effective SRM
- Understand the value and benefit of category management
- Understand the importance of converting data into intelligence
- Appreciate the value of robust and commercial RFP, RFQ and ITT’s
- Identify, monitor, and manage procurement risks
- Understand the legalities of commercial procurement management from the “buy side” perspective and the different types of contracts and frameworks
- Undertake contract drafting, design and simplification
- Understand the process of authorisation, budgeting, order placement, logistics, payment and supply chain financing
- Negotiate effectively with contractors, suppliers and key stakeholders, making use of the key skills of persuading and influencing to optimise outcomes for both sides
- Understand the importance of post-award contract management “Handover” and the relationship between procurement and contract management
- Appreciate the importance of the WorldCC Top Ten pitfalls of commercial management
- Collaborate with contract managers and stakeholders to develop and monitor appropriate and robust KPI’s and SLA’s to manage contracts and facilitate improved performance post award
- Utilise effective supplier selection and award methods and models (including Carter’s10 c model) and use these models to prepare robust propositions for key stakeholders
- Audit and compliance, ethics, prevention of fraud and corruption
- Make effective use of lessons learned to promote improvements from less-than-optimal outcomes, using appropriate templates
