Manage suppliers professionally

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.