Procurement leadership

Overview

Procurement leadership 

7 CPD HoursLeveraging your most critical supply resource

 

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Develop a clear framework for using and maximising the benefit of managing, leading, mentoring and coaching
  • Assess the wide variety of experience and skills in your team and understand the optimum way to deploy the different styles
  • Understand how to motivate procurement people towards achieving the standards required and their own potential
  • Understand the variety of procurement organisational options, and their strengths and weaknesses, and from this decide how you can improve things for your own area
Date: Wednesday 08 November 2017
Venue: De Vere Colmore Gate
Fee: Members - £720.00 per person
  Non-members - £800.00 per person

Availability:

Bookings are no longer being taken for this event

Audience

Is it right for me?

 

You may already be leading your organisation, but the key challenge is to keep your leadership fresh, inspirational and relevant to your changing environment. This one-day course will allow you to develop your skills, match them to different situations and enhance the toolbox of techniques at your disposal to really make a difference in your business. The course is designed for anyone who manages a group of people, whether at director level for a complete supply chain, or at a local level for a specific team. The only other requirement is a passion for your people.

Programme

What key points will the training cover?

 

  • The management spectrum – managing to coaching
    - Understanding how to deploy different skills and experiences to achieve your objectives
  • A practical look at how to motivate and reward procurement people
  • Teams and organisation
    - Are you organised in the best way to leverage your spend?
    - Do you actually have teams or are they really work groups?

Speakers

Christopher Barrat

 

Christopher Barrat has worked as a sales representative, a buyer, a senior sales manager, and a purchasing director.  This has given him extensive real experience at all levels and from both sides of the table.  He now works with a variety of major blue-chip companies helping them develop their management and motivational skills.

He is a regular and sought-after speaker on purchasing and management, a regular writer for Supply Management, and is the co-author of the book ‘Buying for Business’.

Fee

Members: £720 (excl. VAT)

Non-members: £800 (excl. VAT)

 

Fee includes:

Lunch, refreshments and all course materials

 

Inclusive e-learning:

Leadership skills and behaviours

Venue

8 November 2017
De Vere Colmore Gate, Birmingham

 

If you require accommodation for the night before this event, please use the form below. All accounts must be settled in full on departure.  Please indicate the course title in the 'Additional information' box.  Alternatively, you can contact the CIPS Accommodation Line on +44 (0)2476 369585.

If your query is regarding course details (content, timings, costs, etc.), please contact events@cips.org or call +44 (0)1780 756777.

 

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