Strategic and sustainable procurement

Unlocking the profit potential

Finance directors and managers who have functional responsibility for procurement or who wish to extend their knowledge of procurement practices.

Identify the key issues which influence procurement’s ability to operate strategically and make a positive impact on both the financial performance of the business and the management of supply chain risk, including:

• the role of procurement and how it can best contribute to your organisation
• how to set a vision and strategy for procurement
• how best to organise the procurement function
• relevant procurement measures
• the key components of procurement capability and how to benchmark performance
• the basis of transactional procurement and improving efficiency
• the fundamentals of strategic procurement and sourcing processes.

A senior procurement professional from the PMMS Consulting Group with at least 15 years procurement experience across a range of industries.

• What is procurement and what makes it strategic?
• How does procurement impact on the profit performance of the business?
• Why should procurement be important for finance professionals?
• Role of procurement and creating a vision.
• Organisational design, structures and change.
• Transactional procurement.
• Strategic procurement.
• Benchmarking procurement performance.
• Measuring and reporting procurement performance.

6 CPD hours (where applicable)

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