Leading Procurement Strategy Brochure

Programme content and design This is a three-day residential programme taking place at Cranfield School of Management. Taught by our expert faculty, you will benefit from a combination of theory and real-world practical sessions that can be easily applied to your organisation. Group work will be featured throughout the programme, giving you the opportunity to share diverse ideas and success methods used by your peers across a range of sectors. You will address the core theories and models to better understand strategic procurement practices and the link between its performance and competitive advantage.

Programme details The programme is designed to provide the skills, knowledge and tools to lead procurement teams in both public and private organisations. You gain the ability to bring the procurement agenda to the highest levels in your organisation. Learn to: • Develop your capability to uncover true costs when procuring a product or service. • Develop your capability to procure a product or service that supports growth. • Ensure your organisation operates at greater levels of efficiency. • Clearly understand strategic cost management.

Fees All our executive programme fees include tuition, course materials and accommodation (where applicable). For Cranfield Alumni we offer a 25% discount on the course fee, and we also offer a discount to research club members. Please ask at time of booking.

Organisations that have already benefited from the Leading Procurement Strategy Programme include:

See www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/lps for dates and fees.

• BAE Systems. • Capital One (Europe) Ltd. • Hewlett Packard Ltd. • LV=. • Maersk Oil. • Ordnance Survey.

• Rolls-Royce. • Shell International Ltd. • Sky Betting and Gaming. • The Met Office • The Open University • Williams F1.

Duration: Three days residential

• Appreciate globalisation and the risk that it presents in your procurement performance. • Strategically manage collaboration and partnerships. • Effectively lead and innovate a sustainable procurement function.

Day one: Procurement and the supply chain Focus on the strategic role of procurement in the organisation and the link between procurement performance and competitive advantage. • Supply Chain

Day two: Managing strategic supply networks We give you the key tools for managing strategic supply networks and an opportunity to apply them in your own context. • Business model innovation. • Collaboration and partnering. • Problem based learning case studies.

Day three: Innovation and Leadership Covers issues of innovation and leadership which will allow you to face current and future challenge. • Sustainable procurement. • Problem based learning – sharing solutions and feedback. • Leading cross-functional teams.

“The complexity and range of industries the cohort came from only enriched the experience and it was a surprise to find how transferable some of the techniques were. A truly great experience and one I will look back on fondly.”

Management (SCM) – key challenges in procurement.

• Developing a

procurement strategy.

• Strategic cost management.

Stephen Tether, Head of Procurement at VPI Immingham

• Globalisation and risk. • Problem based learning.

www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/lps +44 (0)1234 754500 execdev@cranfield.ac.uk

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