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Strategic Sourcing
Separate 'strategic' from 'tactical' activities. Effectively employ a range of tools to deliver better outcomes.
The workshop aims to equip participants with a range of tools, techniques and processes to explore how value is created, shared and/or destroyed in the sourcing process, along with the internal/external interactions that are critical success factors. Participants will increase capability for selecting and employing a range of tools and methods relevant to the sourcing phase of procurement projects.
Outline
1 DAY COURSE
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Our practical one-day course will equip you with the knowledge and tools to:
- Describe the sourcing process and identify how value is created or destroyed.
- Employ a range of tools and techniques to analyse internal/external environments and interpret the meaning and significance of the analysis.
- Develop strategies to approach supply markets based on a reconciliation of internal/external environments.
- Develop value for money and design evaluation mechanisms to select the best offer in an agnostic and transparent manner.
- Design and deliver an appropriate sourcing process with the rigour required of the category and the supply market.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Increased confidence in using tools and techniques relevant to the sourcing phase of a procurement project.
- More effectively match the rigour of the process to the complexity of the category and the supply market.
- Lowers the likelihood of the sourcing process delivering an inflexible and/or inappropriate process or an unplanned outcome.
COURSE OVERVIEW
1 - The sourcing process
2 - Defining the opportunity
3 - Stakeholder engagement
4 - Reviewing the supply market
5 - Designing the market approach
6 - Engaging the market
7 - Negotiating terms
8 - Selecting the supplier
9 - Matching the rigour of the process to the complexity
AUDIENCE
This workshop will be of benefit to practitioners who are involved in strategic sourcing and want to develop the contribution of the role through effective employment of available tools to deliver better outcomes.
Speaker/s
Comprara is an organization that specializes in offering expertise for supplier and cost management solutions across three key areas – People, Process and Technology.
Comprara is all about supporting procurement and commercial leaders and their teams to gain more ground in the way they purchase to add increased value back into their organisation.
Comprara work with ASX 200 companies including some of the largest organisations in Australia and New Zealand in Telecommunications, Health, Energy, Financial Services, Retail Banking, Aviation, Manufacturing, Utilities, Transport, FMCG, Resources as well as the Public Sector to name just a few.
