Workshop Description:
Designed for procurement professionals who are currently in a management role or aspire to be in a management role. The workshop covers a variety of procurement management topics. Many of the concepts taught in this workshop follow the “Achievement of Excellence in Procurement” guidelines from the National Procurement Institute. This is a national program that benchmarks organizational excellence in procurement. The workshop contains lectures, discussions, small group exercises, case studies, and discussion circles. The 1-day class covers procurement management. The 2-day class includes procurement and general management topics, including time management, communication skills, email netiquette, critical thinking skills, team building, and managing and motivating employees.

Who Should Attend:

• Purchasing agents, managers or directors
• Purchasers or buyers who aspire to be in a procurement management role
• Anyone who wants a better understanding of how to manage the public purchasing function

Course/Workshop topics:

• Organization structure
• Centralized procurement authority
• Certification/professional staff
• Procurement ethics
• Sole source and emergency procurements
• Spend management
• Procurement manuals
• Procurement performance benchmarks
• Procurement card programs

Benefits of Attendance – participants will:

• Discuss the importance of the placement of the procurement function in the organizational structure.
• Review the various professional certifications and discuss the importance of having a professional and certified procurement staff.
• Review common benchmarks for measuring procurement performance.
• Examine the underlying issues behind sole source and emergency purchases.
• Define spend management and learn the value it adds to the procurement management function.
• Understand the important role of an up-to-date Procurement Manual.
• Explore the various procurement performance benchmarks and discuss their pros and cons.
• Review best practices for implementing and maintaining a procurement card program.