Contents
Changes in procurement
- New challenges, influence and value contribution of procurement in the company.
- Trend markets, internationalization, global sourcing.
- Opportunities and risks.
Supplier management as a component of procurement management
- Objectives and tasks of strategic procurement management.
- Procurement strategy (organizational structure, relationship patterns: partnership or opportunistic, make or buy decisions, etc.).
- Starting points for supplier management.
Strategic supplier management in practice
- Strategic and operational objectives of supplier management.
- Develop supplier strategies.
- Classification and positioning of suppliers.
- Controlling strategic supplier management: managing supplier strategies with key figures.
- Supplier management - a holistic process.
Operational supplier management in practice
- Instruments/methods for the systematic realization of professional supplier management.
- Search and preselection of suppliers.
- Supplier evaluation.
- Supplier classification.
- Supplier development.
- Supplier selection.
- Supplier integration.
- Controlling: Key figures for supplier selection, evaluation, etc.
Ensuring the quality of supplier services
- Supplier self-disclosure, quality assurance agreement, supplier auditing, incoming goods inspection.
- Excursus: Quality indicators for supplier evaluation.
Excursus: Effective risk management
- Risk management process, risk matrix, external/internal procurement risks, risk culture.
- Special: Presentation of an Excel-based risk management tool.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- You tap into the performance potential of your suppliers, exploit it sustainably, reduce costs and increase your contribution to earnings.
- You apply tried-and-tested tools and methods and increase your value contribution in purchasing.
- You secure and increase the quality of your suppliers.
- You systematically deal with supplier risks and initiate appropriate measures.
- You open up improvements in organization and collaboration for yourself and your suppliers .
- You will benefit from an exciting exchange of experiences and receive valuable input.
Methods
Trainer input, group/individual work, case/practical examples, exchange of experience, checklists and work aids round off your knowledge.
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.
Further recommendations for "Managingsuppliers professionally"
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Start dates and details

Tuesday, 09.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 10.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 13.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 14.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Wednesday, 25.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 26.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, 23.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 24.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Tuesday, 22.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 23.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.