This qualification program is held in German.
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.
Compulsory seminar 1 (attendance or live online)
Fundamentals of successful supplier management
Compulsory seminar 2 (attendance or live online)
Advanced seminar on supplier development
Compulsory seminar 3 (attendance or live online)
Advanced seminar on supplier management and escalation
Compulsory seminar 4 (attendance or live online)
Intensive training in supplier integration and excellence
Examination
Examination event: Supplier Manager
We recommend following the order of the seminars.
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
- 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:
The prerequisite is the completion of the three compulsory components (3 compulsory seminar days + e-learning) as well as the three optional seminar days. In addition, a project paper (5-6 pages) on a current or upcoming e-recruiting project from your own company must be prepared and submitted to the Haufe Akademie by four weeks before the examination event.
Examination event
On the day of the exam, participants present their project work in an online plenary session. Afterwards, all participants discuss possible solutions to various issues that contribute to the long-term success of e-recruiting in their own company. The exam day takes place digitally.
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.
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