Course Code: HRM 3915
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KPI Institute-Certified Supplier Performance Professional
Course Sector:
HR Strategy and Training
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Days
Location
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Enrollment
01
30 Jun - 04 Jul 2025
5 Days
Online, Virtual
$1,500
02
01 - 05 Dec 2025
5 Days
Online, Virtual
$1,500
Introduction
Training course introducion / brief
The training course is designed to develop the key competencies necessary to efficiently manage and growth the suppliers’ performance and optimize the relationship with buyers and other procurement stakeholders. Moreover, participants will benefit from a powerful learning experience mixing practical information delivery with well-designed practical activities and study cases, constantly stimulating the interaction between participants and knowledge sharing.
As a key differentiator, the course provided by The KPI Institute focuses on a practice-related side of suppliers’ management, using a comprehensive KPIs development and monitoring framework, backed up by a ready-to-use performance toolkit.
Course Objectives
At the end of the training course, participants will be able to
  • Develop and implement a supplier selection process;
  • Use different supplier segmentation models;
  • Identify risks and develop response strategies;
  • Select relevant KPIs to monitor and improve your supply chain performance;
  • Implement a rigorous supplier relationship strategy.
Course Audience
Who is this course for, and can benefit the most

Professional activating in purchasing, procurement and strategic sourcing areas:

Professionals working in departments such as procurement, logistics, retail, manufacturing and distribution or related to procurement processes, interested in improving the performance of their supplier activities and bringing strategic and sustainable value to their organizations.

Middle/lower management professionals:

Individuals such as buyers, procurement managers, but also key accountants which are involved in procurement-related planning, management, project tracking or performance monitoring. The tools and resources offered as part of the course enable participants to immediately apply the concepts learned within their organizations.

Course Outline
The course aims and learning outcomes

Understanding supplier performance:

  • The importance of performance in managing suppliers
  • Elements of performance management architecture in supplier management
  • Stakeholders involved in supplier management
  • Supplier performance as an organizational process

Supplier Selection:

  • Supplier selection process
  • Suppliers selection requirements and criteria development
  • Supplier selection methods & tools
  • Supplier evaluation
  • Success factors in supplier selection process

Supplier relationship design:

  • Key elements of purchasing –procurement – strategic sourcing
  • Strategic sourcing approach of suppliers
  • Supplier panel development and management
  • Supplier segmentation models

Supplier contracting:

  • Challenges in drafting contracts
  • Risk identification in the contracting process
  • Positioning strategies when negotiating with suppliers
  • Contract management: key tasks and responsibilities
  • Steps to set up successful contracts

Performance Through Service Level Agreements (SLAs):

  • SLA success factors (service and management)
  • Building the SLA based on company competitive advantage

SourcingKPIs to generate suppliers’ performance:

  • Definition and usability of KPIs
  • KPIs and metrics selection
  • KPI selection sources
  • KPI selection techniques
  • KPI target setting
  • KPI documentation as a key success factor

Supplier Performance Monitoring:

  • Scorecard and Dashboards development process
  • Setting ojectives and clusters for a supplier scorecard

Supplier Relationship Management:

  • The reasons for supplier performance management
  • Challenges in SRM: cost of poor quality
  • Collaborative approach in developing strategic partnerships
  • SRM Governance
  • Assessing the SRM maturity level of an organization

Supplier performance evaluation:

  • Internal capability for managing supplier evaluation
  • Key aspects of supplier performance evaluation
  • Performance evaluation criteria development
  • Evaluation methods
  • Managing non-conformances
  • Supplier performance reviews

Risks and communication management with suppliers:

  • Risk management process
  • Risk analysis
  • Key Risk Indicators
  • Risk intervention plans
  • Supplier communication framework

Review and Q&A:

  • Course review
  • Q&A
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BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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