Managing the Procurement Process

This is a highly interactive and action-packed training course in Managing the Procurement Process, where the participants will be armed with comprehensive toolsets that they can apply to different scenarios in their jobs. 

Participants will increase their competencies through a variety of instructional methods, individual and team exercises, group discussions and specific team assignments covering the main topics presented in the training course.

At the end of this Managing the Procurement Process training course, you will learn to: 

• Position procurement as a valued and trusted function
• Understand why projects fail and the reasons for failure
• Analyse the difference between the Needs and Wants of the end-user
• Apply powerful interpersonal techniques to improve communication with stakeholders
• Determine the various risk in the procurement process
• Implement a dynamic and ethical evaluation criteria
• Understand the importance of Ethics in the Tender Process
• Improve the negotiation skills and strategy to create a win-win result

This Gulf Rowad Managing the Procurement Process training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Contracts, Contract Administration Professionals
• Tendering, Purchasing, Project Management Professionals
• Engineering, Operational, Finance, and Maintenance Professionals

But will also suit to a variety of individuals who are involved in the planning, evaluation, preparation and management of tenders, specifications, awards, and contracts that cover the acquisition of materials, equipment, and services and who are in organizations whose leadership want high levels of competency in those involved in these activities.

Organisational Impact

• Company bottom line will improve as procurement will help budget owners make better commercial decisions fully understanding Total Cost of Ownership and trade-off companies will deliver more on-time, on-budget, on-quality projects 
• Reputation and attractiveness of companies as customers will improve
• Procurement will add strategic and commercial values well beyond value as a governing and admin department
• Organizational design ideas for procurement
• Upgraded organizational competence in the E2E procurement process

Personal Impact

• Career advancement 
• Increased market value with the latest marketable skills
• Negotiation and conflict management skills can be applied at work and off work
• Stakeholders management skills can be used in external, internal and personal settings
• Cross-learning from other participants and instructor’s experience at the shortest time
• Networking