Contractors Classification, Pre-Qualifications and Selections

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27 Apr 2025 Italy , Milan $ 4,950 Register
20 Jul 2025 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
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Contractors Classification, Pre-Qualifications and Selections

Introduction

World-class organizations view the application of best practices in purchasing as being essential skill sets needed by all employees involved in the procurement process. This course focuses on the common “gaps” in a performance that must be filled in order for Supply Management to provide the continuous improvements needed for organizations to meet their strategic objectives.

This Course develops how to be proactive rather than reactive in procurement activities and how to be working on the “right” things that display Purchasing creativity, flexibility, and supply market knowledge. We establish how to provide and measure purchasing contributions to the organization so that this critical function and all those in it can be elevated to be seen as a core organization competency.

Objectives

    By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

    • Learn how to develop high-performance purchasing organizations
    • Develop strategic purchasing plans
    • Discuss how to improve internal customer service
    • Determine how to eliminate low value-added processes
    • Be taught how to develop spend profiles
    • Will be show analytics that to guide procurement strategies
    • Explore many ways of reporting key performance indicators (KPI)
    • See how to apply past supplier performance for better selection
    • Be presented with the most important competencies for purchasing personnel

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

The organization will benefit by:

  • Contracts, Purchasing, and Project personnel
  • Engineering, Operational, and Maintenance personnel
  • And all others who are involved in the planning, evaluation, preparation, and management of tenders, awards, contracts, and purchases that cover the acquisition of materials, equipment, and services and who are in organizations whose leadership want high levels of competency in those involved in contracts and purchasing activities.

Course Outline

Day 1: The 1st Steps to Becoming World Class

  • 4 Stages To World Class

  • Let’s be honest about how Purchasing is viewed today

  • Strategic Sourcing

  • Developing Spend Profiles and the ABC Analysis

  • New Job Descriptions For Purchasing of the future

  • Purchasing Personnel Required Skill Sets

Day 2: Evaluating Your Own Operation

  • What are the best Practices

  • Purchasing Gap Analysis

  • Vision and Mission for Purchasing

  • Developing The Purchasing Department Strategic Plan

  • Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) For Procurement

  • Developing A Company Purchase Price Index

Day 3: Continuous Improvement and How to Get It

  • Cost Reduction Initiatives

  • Methods of Cost Containment

  • Waste In The Supply Chain

  • Breaking Down The Elements Of Supplier Cost

  • Commodity/Service Strategic Planning

  • Resisting Price Increases

Day 4:

  • Supplier Classification System

  • Supplier Qualification Methods

  • Supplier Performance Metrics

  • Apply Performance to Purchasing Decisions

  • Process Mapping To Eliminate Low-Value Activities

  • eProcurement

Day 5: Improving the Image of Procurement

  • Global Sourcing

  • International Labor Rates Comparison

  • Developing And Maintaining A Customer Focus

  • Basic Issues In Corruption And Fraud Prevention

  • Increasing The Level Of Procurement Professionalism

  • Keeping Current in the profession

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