Contents
Basics
- The New Work concept
Personal responsibility & self-organization
- Independent time & task planning
- Virtual communication channels
- Benefit
- Possibilities
- Toolbox
Hybrid workplaces
- Definition of
- Benefit
- Influence on labor productivity
- Influence on target achievement
Innovation spaces
- Definition of
- Benefits & advantages of temporary workstations
Agile working in purchasing
- Advantages & added value
- Project-related work
- Adaptation of purchasing to a changing market situation
Dealing with remote work
- Tools for virtual coordination
- Flexible working models
Digital workflows
- Importance
- Internal and external
Purchasing as a driver of innovation
- Creativity techniques and methods
- Role as a driver of innovation:in
- Interface manager:in
New management role
- From leader to coach
- Relationship management with suppliers
Self-organization
- Self-organized teams
- Role of the manager in self-organized teams
Requirements for the: buyer of the future
- Relationship management
- Advanced software knowledge
- Data Science
Addressing potential new Employees
- Communication to new talents
- Addressing high potentials
Values
- Change
- "New" values
ESG in purchasing
- Influence of purchasing on corporate social and environmental responsibility
- Sustainability in purchasing
Corporate social responsibility in purchasing
Learning environment
Once you have registered, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services relating to this training course in your online learning environment.
Your benefit
- Getting to know the content and interrelationships of the changing world of work for purchasing.
- Receive valuable practical tips for problems in day-to-day operations.
- Future-oriented strategies and methods are taught.
- Working on cases from your own practice ensures that the knowledge can be put into practice.
Methods
Trainer input, group and individual exercises, best-practice examples, work aids and checklists, discussion, exchange of experience, tried-and-tested models.
Recommended for
For specialists and managers in purchasing, procurement, supply chain management, logistics, as well as team/group/projectproject managers from the areas of purchasing, SCM, logistics, procurement and production who want to get to grips with this subject.
Further recommendations for "New Work in Purchasing"
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Start dates and details

Monday, 01.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 02.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, 24.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 25.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Thursday, 19.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 20.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.