Program overview:

Establishing relationships with suppliers is desirable, but also one of the most difficult processes that is often underestimated.
To appreciate how supplier management contributes to effective value creation for the own organization, participants will see that trust, communication, performance management and continuous improvement are critical differentiating and enabling process factors.

In general, a major step forward is reached when suppliers no longer suspect that your organizations simply trying to find out and cut back their profit margins.

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E-learning, 2 hours

Classroom, 2 days

Target audience:

• with a bachelor or master degree (or on equivalent level via work experience) with at least 2 years of purchasing experience;
• who are involved in dealing with (strategic) suppliers on a daily basis;
• realize that actively managing a supplier will create significant value for the own organization;
• therefore have a need to improve their understanding on how to manage a supplier.