International Sourcing and Strategic Procurement creates an understanding of procurement's roles and processes and discusses how procurement creates value and how it relates to strategy. The course also focuses on how procurement processes are organised, as well as which competencies are needed and how procurement performance is assessed. Finally, the course is about international purchasing strategies. Category management and strategic sourcing are introduced as concepts.
The course will focus on:
- International sourcing
- Strategic purchases
- Insight into purchasing methods
- Supplier segmentation
- Selection of supplier