Effective And Efficient Professional Purchasing And Procurement Skills

Effective and Efficient Professional Purchasing and Procurement Skills

Date: December 7 - 8, 2011

Time: 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Venue: ASTORIA PLAZA, Ortigas Center, Pasig City

Workshop Description:

A highly-participative and hands-on seminar-workshop that brings purchasing/ procurement encounters (particularly with big volumes and values of transactions involved) into more value driven results.

WorkShop Objectives:

at the end of the seminar-workshop, participants would be able to

•Recognize the essence of Purchasing as a value tool in cost management.

•Understand the shift from Purchasing to Procurement inrelations to better buying.

•Understand the efficient and effective tools for better buying decisions.

How You Will Benefit:

•Become a more efficient and productive buyer through applying the techniques of purchasing management

•Improve the services provided by your suppliers through more effective negotiations and planning

•Understand the ethical/legal aspects of purchasing and its possible liabilities

•Find out how to select and qualify suppliers

Workshop Outline:

•Review of The Purchasing Encounter: What Happened and What Issues

(covers the critical assessment of current buying practices and pitfalls)

•The Essence of Business Organizations: Supply Chain and Procurement

(covers the transition from purchasing to procurement to supply-chain)

•Pitfalls in Traditional Purchasing Systems:

(covers the areas where probable purchasing practices can lead to losses)

•From Purchasing to Procurement Management: The Need to Be on Top of The Situation

(covers the need to move to procurement as a buying model to be more responsive)

•Principles and Concepts of Procurement + Role of A Procurement Person

(covers the qualities needed for a procurement personnel)

•The Need for Information in Procurement

(covers the necessity of information and communications in proper procurement)

•Upstream Procurement Management (6 Steps Of Upstream)

(covers the 6 steps in the front-end side of procurement/purchasing)

•Downstream Procurement Management (6 Steps Of Downstream)

(covers the 6 steps in the back-end of procurement)

•Improving The Process Of Purchasing and Procurement to Be More Responsive

(covers additional factors that influences the performance of purchasers)

•Forecasting Regular and Seasonal Items/Trade Deals

(covers how to prepare better forecast and trends in procurement deals)

•How to Make Buying Reports

(covers the techniques to prepare buyers report)

•Role of Purchaser/Changing Responsibilities and Accountabilities

(covers the qualities needed to be a better buyer-procurer)

•Monitoring and Tracking (covers the techniques to improve 3x the result of monitoring/feedback)

•Understanding The Importance of Getting A Good Deal in Purchasing / Procurement  (covers the non-compromise position of negotiations to ensure respect among parties)