Overview
This half-day specialist high-level Category Management course is aimed at senior management and executive teams in companies implementing Category Management or contemplating implementing the approach.
Delivered by a partner-level specialist as an interactive workshop, it combines an exploration of the principles of Category Management (including a taster of some key tools) with working sessions to relate the process to the organization. Galvanise the support necessary to streamline category strategy creation across the business.
Classroom
0.5 days
Virtual
1 x 3 hours
Course Content
- Procurement as a contributor of real value and building competitive advantage
- What best practice procurement looks like - what mature organizations are doing
- Introduction to Category Management (foundations, pillars and phases)
- The breakthrough benefit possible
- Exploring the Category Management toolkit
- How suppliers gain advantage including a taster session exploring one analytical tool
- Making Category Management a success in the organization including governance required
- The role of senior teams to support Category Management
- Driving supply-side sustainability using Category Management
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
- Describe what Category Management is and how it adds value to an organization
- Describe why Category Management is an essential business process
- Describe the key principles and stages of Category Management
- Put in place the appropriate governance approach to enable Category Management
- Play a key role to enable and support the process and realization of benefits
- Establishing a Sustainable Procurement program using Category Management