This CDGA training course will feature:
• Understanding of strategic leadership in the economic context for your business
• Developing innovation approaches for strategy development
• Enhancing costs awareness within the value chain and understanding the impact on the bottom line
• Defining and apply sourcing strategies in line with your organizational goals and objectives
• Building collaboration and long term supplier relationships

By the end of this Procurement Management Professional training course, participants will be able to:

• To understand the benefits of strategies that create and lead change
• To apply tools and techniques that develop strategic thinking and innovation
• Implement analysis and problem solving
• Understand Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Develop robust Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Maximising supplier contribution and performance

Professionals interested in furthering their leadership and procurement management skills would benefit from this CDGA training course. It will also be beneficial to:
• Managers and leaders involved in major global sourcing activities
• Finance professionals involved with major capital expenditure projects
• Senior procurement professionals
• Project managers
• Contract and procurement managers
• Senior buyers
• Commodity procurement specialists

DAY 1
Procurement Leadership
• Perceptions of leadership in the field of procurement
• Management vs. leadership
• Transformational leadership in procurement
• The leadership challenge: Balancing strategy and culture
• Leadership in strategic thinking organisations
• Understanding the interrelated factors that impact procurement

DAY 2
Aligning Procurement to Organisational Strategy
• Participating in the strategic implementation planning process
• Recognizing and interpreting forces in the strategic environment
• Strategic implementation tools and frameworks
• Analysing and prioritizing strategic sourcing issues
• Harnessing uncertainty and risk
• Converting strategy into action

DAY 3
Cost Awareness and Financial Impact Along the Value Chain
• From strategic planning to the operating plan
• Budgeting and costing along the value chain
• Fixed vs. variable costs
• Contribution margin
• Direct vs. indirect costs
• Performance measurement and impact on the bottom line

DAY 4
Global Sourcing and Critical Procurement Strategies
• Defining procurement excellence
• Definition of sourcing strategy and critical supply strategies
• Tactical vs. strategic sourcing
• Developing the strategic procurement plan
• Using international supply chains for competitive advantage
• Developing a framework for managing contract risk

DAY 5
Developing and Maintaining Long-term Supplier Relationships
• Implications on supplier selection procedures
• Turning vendors into partners
• Relationship management – suppliers and stakeholders
• Performance improvement metrics
• The service level agreement framework
• Applying The right incentives for the right outcome

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.