Training in Public Procurement Strategy: Defining and Developing a Public Purchasing Policy

Interest and purpose of the training

Upon successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

• Describe the value added role of procurement in the organizational strategic planning process.
• Develop a strategic procurement plan for an organization.
• Describe the various budget processes and the ways that the procurement function can add value to each process.
• Describe the steps in the strategic sourcing process.
• Evaluate, select, and apply the tools and processes available for a comprehensive procurement plan.
• Use analysis tools to identify opportunities for strategic sourcing.
• Use tools to manage client expectations and engagements to create positive outcomes.

Course outlines

• Definitions of purchasing and procurement
• The evolution of purchasing
• Perspectives on purchasing
• Objectives and strategies of the purchasing function and their feasibility
• Purchasing tools
• Requirement definition
• Integration of the needs analysis in the specifications
• The use of the framework agreement to boost the quality of the purchasing act
• Organize the dematerialization to optimize the purchase
• Inclusion of social and environmental clauses in the act of purchase

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