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Procurement, Logistics & Inventory Management Training Courses


The Strategic Buyer

Introduction:

International procurement is a complex process, which has the potential to provide many benefits to the organization in the form of lower prices, higher quality, and improved supplier performance.

Targeted Groups:

  • Experienced Buyers and Purchasing Agents
  • Purchasing Managers and Purchasing Directors
  • Supply Chain Management personnel responsible for international logistics
  • Managers interested in enhancing their management, negotiation and buying skills

Course Objectives:

  • Locate, evaluate and manage international sources
  • Implement best practices in international procurement
  • Effectively draft an international procurement contract
  • Manage the international movement of materials
  • Examine how to locate and evaluate new sources internationally
  • Consider the impact of the internet on purchasing operations
  • Review best practices in international purchasing
  • Analyze ways of managing suppliers more effectively
  • Study new concepts in inventory management
  • Enhance their negotiating skills
  • Understand the proper drafting of international contracts
  • Plan for effective international transportation management

Targeted Competencies:

  • Purchasing methods
  • Supplier communication
  • Writing purchase orders
  • Logistics methods
  • Sourcing of materials
  • Negotiation

Course Content:

Unit 1: The Modern Buying Function: 

  • Globalization and its effects
  • Utilizing the internet for procurement
  • Modern buying practices
  • Assuring supplier performance
  • Methods for determining price
  • Procurement’s role in the organization
  • Procurement performance measurement
  • Long term contract pricing formulas

Unit 2: International Buying: 

  • International buying operations
  • International counter-trade
  • Achieving the benefits of global procurement
  • Overcoming the difficulties of international buying
  • Utilizing the learning curve
  • Ensuring the quality of material deliveries
  • International buying and inventory management
  • Reducing costs in inventory management

Unit 3: International Supplier Sourcing: 

  • Preparing to move beyond domestic sourcing
  • Global sourcing
  • Locating international sources
  • Determining the type of supplier to utilize
  • Single source vs. multiple source policy
  • Source evaluation criteria
  • Managing exchange rate risk
  • Dealing with issues of ethics

Unit 4: Negotiation And Contract Preparation: 

  • Insights into the negotiation process
  • Characteristics of the effective negotiator
  • Preparing to negotiate
  • Negotiating techniques
  • Obtaining the benefits of supplier partnering
  • International buying legalities
  • Drafting the international contract
  • Dispute resolution mechanisms

Unit 5: International Movement Of Goods: 

  • International commercial terms
  • Buying transportation services
  • Utilizing air transportation
  • Utilizing ocean transportation
  • Securing marine insurance
  • Calculating total landed cost
  • Strategic purchase planning
  • Reengineering purchasing operations

Procurement, Logistics & Inventory Management Training Courses
The Strategic Buyer (PR4084)

 

Mercury dynamic schedule is constantly reviewed and updated to ensure that every category is being addressed at least once a month, if not once every week. Please check the training courses listed below and if you do not find the subject you are interested in, email us or give us a call and we will do our best to assist.

Istanbul Office (Turkey)

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London (UK)

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Amman (Jordan)

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