The British Academy for Training and Development offers a course in strategic procurement management, where the course will address the role of the supply and storage function in an organization; purchase management; storage operations management; Use of information and communication technologies to support the logistics and warehousing function. At the conclusion of this course, the participant should be able to: Recognize the role of the logistics and warehousing function in the organization; Understand the mechanisms related to procurement management (stages and procedures of the sourcing process, selection of sources of supply and negotiation with suppliers, secondary sourcing); In addition to understanding the mechanisms related to the warehousing process (receiving and entering warehouses, arranging, classifying and coding inventory), the uses of information and communication technologies to support the supply and warehousing function are defined. The course explores some central concepts and links them to other areas of the company and the changing roles within business. This course provides opportunities to study issues such as: the supplier selection process, supplier relationships, supplier management, and strategic issues.

 Who should attend? 

• Material planners.
• Warehouse  staff.
• Purchasing and Accounting Staff.
• People who want to learn about materials management.

How attendees will benefit? 

After completion of the course, delegates will be able to: 

• Special Cognitive Abilities: These include contemporary concepts, principles, theories, methods and practices deployed at the level of the procurement and supply chain profession.
• General Business and Management Skills: Emphasis will be placed on capacity development in project and change management to prepare participants for routine challenges in the changing business environment in the given circumstances that have a direct impact on the supply chain industry.
• Capacity of social awareness and responsible practice: The focus will be on developing the participants' abilities to deal with commercial activities in a socially responsible and ethical manner.
• Getting rid of stagnation in order to achieve liquidity for the organization.

• Basic concepts in purchasing and warehousing:
  • The importance of purchasing and warehousing in the integrated planning of the organization.
  • Effect of purchasing and warehousing cost on the income of the organisation.
  • Purchasing and storage policies.
  • Centralization and decentralization of purchasing and warehousing.
  • Responsibilities and duties of procurement and warehouse workers.
• Purchasing Planning and Organizing Stores:
  • Supply sources.
  • Factors of trade-off between suppliers.
  • Internal organization of stores.
  • Wholesale warehouse and exchange warehouse.
  • Item arrangement methods.
  • Determine the location of the item.
• Understanding and ability to manage global resources.
• Understanding and ability to maintain relationships with suppliers.
• Understand demand management in an integrated supply chain.
• Time management and the application of professional practices in the areas of applied analysis, creative thinking, and communication.
• Managing the supplier selection and negotiation process.
• Storage and purchasing problems and methods for solving them:
  • Stagnant causes and methods of treatment.
  • Administrative, organizational and material problems and their impact on purchasing and warehousing business.
  • Methods of securing and protecting stock.
  • Apply research practices and research-based knowledge.