Why Choose this course
Enhance your tendering and supplier performance management strategies by looking beyond cost, delivery, and communication. In our Effective Tendering and Supplier Management course, learn the critical factors to consider before establishing supplier partnerships or outsourcing arrangements (or even disengaging from existing ones). Gain the skills to create a robust, repeatable process for preparing, distributing, evaluating, and awarding tenders, ensuring stronger supplier relationships and greater strategic value.
What did other people say?
During the course based on training innovative ideas were proposed to improve our processes and procedures with regards to cost quality, and providing valuable information especially with regards to pricing but looking at from a value for cost perspective.
Michelle Groener
It was practical and raised issues that we are currently faced with.
Katlego Magoro
I am so grateful for the knowledge, course that provided for us was so profound.
Wendy Mbulaheni
I loved how everything was structured and broken down for us so that we would fully understand. I also loved how the facilitator shared his years of experience, he was also very patient with us.
Nothemba Mgedezi
What does this course cover?
- Understand supplier management in the context of strategic sourcing and the role of suppliers and the Procurement function in the supply chain
- Better manage suppliers throughout the lifecycle of the goods and services procured using world-class procurement principles
- Partner with key suppliers for sustainable competitive advantage
- Understand the organisation’s position vs. the supply base
- Employ performance improvement initiatives with suppliers. This also looks at risk and benefit sharing concepts and practical tools for improving the supplier base and supplier performance
- Leading concepts in suppler selection, accreditation, and supplier relationship management vis a vis customer relationship management
- International and local leading practices in managing tenders from inception and distribution, through adjudication and award, to post-award and managing the supplier relationship
- Practical examples of RFIs, RFQ's, RFT's & RFX's - all based on the specific needs of the commodities or organisation
Is this course for me?
Career roles we recommend this course for
- Procurement and Supply Chain Managers
- Supplier Relationship Managers
- Contract Managers
- Buyers (Junior to Senior)
- Purchasing Clerks
- Cross-functional team members
- Team Leaders
- Commercial Specialist
Your course facilitator
Commerce Edge
Commerce Edge has been a leading provider of World Class Procurement and Supply Chain training since 2001. We have trained hundreds of public and private sector organisations and over 10,000 individuals on various aspects of World Class Procurement, Logistics, Operations and Planning in the context of the wider Supply Chain.
