Procurement Toolbox # 1: Category Management
It teaches you to understand spend analysis, categories, business needs, cost drivers, and risks. Optimize Category Management in Procurement.
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Skills you'll build in this course
- Master spend analysis: Learn how to analyze spending patterns to identify areas for optimization and cost savings.
- Unlock category relationships: Gain insight into how different categories of spend interact and influence each other.
- Align with business requirements: Develop a strong understanding of your company’s business needs to ensure spending aligns with strategic goals.
- Demystify cost drivers: Identify the key factors that impact your overall costs and develop strategies to control them.
- Navigate risks with confidence: Learn how to identify and mitigate potential risks associated with procurement and spending.
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Why learn with Richard?
Richard
Richard has almost 40 years' experience as a leader and procurement professional. Following a career in the British Army, Richard has held c-suite roles in Construction, Finance, Aerospace and Training as well as Consultancy with McKinsey. Across these roles, Richard has focused on strategic change and, in particular, the training and coaching support to colleagues experiencing that change. Richard has trained over 2500 Category Managers across most…
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What learners say about this course
“Clearly, very well explained topics of delivering value, Kraljic matrix, risk mitigation. Gave me a good laugh with his sports car visual.”
“Great course that helps in getting a comprehensive foundation in category management, covering spend analysis, stakeholder engagement, cost drivers, and risk management.”
“It is very interesting, well-structured and articulated. There is an error in the results of the last Quiz. It shows a wrong answer to be the correct one and it does not allow you to finish the Quiz unless you pick the wrong answer as being the correct one.”
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