Procurement Management Academy
Duration: 1 or 2 Days 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The 1-day class is Virtual only. The 2-day class is In-Person only.
Continuing Education Hours: 8 or 16 Hours
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.