Suppliers are more than just suppliers—they are partners, drivers of innovation, and a key factor in the success of your company. In this course, you will learn the skills you need to manage supplier relationships holistically: from the basics to targeted development and professional management in critical situations. You will learn to consistently exploit opportunities, identify risks at an early stage, and build sustainable partnerships through trust, openness, and clear communication. This will enable you to use supplier management as a real business enabler and future-proof your organization.
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Your benefit
Conveying a comprehensive understanding of the strategic importance of supplier management.
Acquisition of practical skills for designing, developing, and managing supplier relationships.
Strengthening the ability to consistently exploit opportunities and identify risks at an early stage.
Developing approaches to promote trust, openness, and innovation in collaboration with suppliers.
Ability to use supplier management as a business enabler in a targeted manner and contribute to the sustainable competitiveness of the organization.
Methods
Trainer input, group exercises, best-practice examples, work aids and checklists, discussion and exchange of experience.
Recommended for
Specialists/executives from purchasing, procurement, materials management and supply chain management with supplier tasks/responsibilities. Other people involved in supplier management from quality management, development, design, production, etc.
Final examination
Examination requirement:
A prerequisite is the completion of the four required components (5.5 days of mandatory seminars). Another part of the exam involves developing a concept for a current or upcoming supplier management process within your own company. This must be submitted at least one week before the exam. This further builds practical knowledge and ensures direct learning success!
Examination event
On the day of the exam, the project will be presented digitally during an oral defense (approx. 30 min). This will be followed by a Q&A session (approx. 30 min).
Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.
Open Badges are recognized, digital certificates of participation. These verifiable credentials are the current standard for integration in career networks such as LinkedIn.
With them, you digitally demonstrate the competences you possess. After successful completion, you will receive an Open Badge from us.
Put together the modules the way you need them - tailored to your needs and flexible. For almost all modules, you have the option of choosing between presence or live online.
Inhouse - Training at your company
Training topic, date, format and location tailored to your needs.
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