Retirement Planning and Management

Course description and benefits

This course is designed to help senior executives

understand the importance of an effective procure­ment strategy, and introduce some of the tools that are available to implement this strategy. Participants will learn how to develop ethical procurement strategies to meet the needs of their organizations. They’ll learn how to identify the risks in the pro­curement process, and reduce them to a minimum. They’ll also learn what tools are out there to moni­tor how a procurement strategy is working, and uncover when it is not going as planned.

Who will benefit

• Directors
• Senior executives
• Business managers
• IT executives
• Supply chain managers

Course outline

• Devise procurement performance indicators
• Understand and assess the strategic nature of procurement
• Understand how procurement strategies tie in with overall objectives of an organization
• Analyze the role of ethics in procurement
• Identify relevant legislation that may impact procurement strategies
• IT and procurement

Course outcomes

On completion of this course, participants will:

• Be able to develop procurement strategies.
• Understand how to assess risk and ethical considerations in procurement strategies.
• Understand what IT tools are out there to help in strategic procurement.

• Understand the legislative environment in which they are operating.

Course format

The course is a combination of classroom time and learning workshops. Classroom sessions are intensive and participative and will include a variety of approaches including lectures, group discussions and practical exercises. A number of guest lectur­ers will also make presentations, aiding the overall learning experience.

Presenters

The course presenters will include top-level industry experts and practitioners.

Course materials

In addition to comprehensive course notes, par­ticipants will be provided with course bags, core textbooks and a notebook.

Tea break and lunch will also be provided.