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Global markets demand skilled practitioners who can support the management of complicated corporate supply chains. Procurement and contract management represent one of such complicated component of the supply chain management. In fact is has been tagged one of the possible weakest link of supply chain as its input determine the quality of a corporate output. Our Procurement and Contract Management courses will help practitioners with skills needed to support supply chain functions, and essential business skills to enable them to advance in their careers. it is very crucial for businesses to operate effectively, and procurement is one of the areas that businesses can gain a lot in terms of operations and profits. Participants will learn from our Procurement and contract Management courses skills for effective planning, procurement, contract management and improvement according to the requirements of the ISO 37500:2014 Guidelines on Outsourcing.
| TARGET AUDIENCE | Purchasing and Supply Officers, Contract and Procurement Managers and other executives engaged in procuring activities |
OBJECTIVE
The objective of providing the programme is to enable participants add value to the business processes through:
- Better administration of the procurement process to meet expected objectives of stakeholders
- Understanding and applying quality standards both in negotiation and procurement services
- Evaluate the current procurement system and offer options to aid effective procurement
- Ensuring that all procurement is made from suppliers who have been assessed as being able to deliver the specified technical and quality requirement
- Reducing the cost base, controlling quality, improving operational efficiency and protecting the commercial position
- Applying a common graded approach to Quality management in the procurement process
- Align sub-contracts and processes with customer requirements
- Optimizing the size of the supplier base
- Optimizing the decision to source internally from the external supply chain
- Ensuring the capacity to plan, implement and evaluate a sourcing process appropriate to the value/risk of the category being procured
- The knowledge of what rules and procedures govern procurement- and why they exist
- Ensuring that the evaluation, contract development and contract administration process associated with procurement is adequately managed.
COURSE CONTENT
The service provider shall propose a course content considering the objectives and outcomes specified above. The under-listed key aspects are however considered very essential:
Service supply chain
Fundamentals of procurement
Roles and responsibilities of procurement in an organization
Competencies required for procurement staff
Scope of procurement
Procurement and sourcing management
Development of supply strategies
Introduction and strategic sourcing
Purchasing performance evaluation
Supplier price and cost analysis
Value analysis
Purchasing and supply negotiations
Supply contracts administration and management
Legal aspects of purchasing, sourcing and contracts
The scope of procurement
The planning process
The interaction between the different managerial functions and procurement
The process of procurement
The required documentation (bidding documents)
Receiving and evaluating offers
Award of contract
Ethical considerations in procurement
formal communication between stakeholders
managing corruption, nepotism and fraud ( ISO/PAS 17001:2005 // ISO /PAS 17004: 2005)
The means and methods of procurement
Tendering procedures
Direct contracting procedure
Contract Management –
project cycle management
Procurement Planning
Implementation of procurement
Contract Inspection and Supervision
Contract Monitoring and Evaluation
Contract Audits
Logistics management and expediting deliveries
modes of transportation and typical delivery lead times
freight forwarding arrangements
customs clearance procedures and documentation
Nigeria
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