Course Description
Effective Practices for Sourcing, Purchasing, and Procurement
Alison
This free online course teaches the essential skills and knowledge to excel in sourcing, purchasing, and procurement. Are you interested in mastering the art of sourcing, purchasing, and procurement? Then this course is for you. The ability to effectively source and purchase goods and services is vital for maintaining a competitive edge in business. This course will teach you basic concepts and advanced sourcing, purchasing, and procurement strategies. You’ll learn to optimise supply chains, negotiate contracts, and build supplier relationships.
Online Course
| Course Code | 5835 |
| College Name | Alison |
| Course Category | Business, Education, Negotiating Skills |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Location | Online Course |
| Delivery mode | |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Outline the key components and stages of the procurement process • Describe the legal considerations and potential risks associated with procurement activities • Discuss the various supplier strategies during negotiations • Evaluate the different negotiation approaches and their applicability in specific procurement scenarios • Recall the fundamental concepts and objectives of purchasing in the procurement process • Define operational purchasing, strategic purchasing and project purchasing • Indicate the role of procurement in driving cost savings, supplier relationship management and overall success • Explain the concept of procurement and its significance in organisational operations • Outline the different sourcing strategies and their application in various procurement scenarios • State the purposes and aims of purchasing |
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