Supplier Relationship Management(SRM) and Operational Excellence

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Operational Excellence

About Course 

The Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Operational Excellence training training course covers essential skills such as creating competitive advantage and reducing supply chain risk.  It will focus on joint working with the critical few suppliers who can make a dramatic difference and help realise competitive advantage. This training course is designed to help equip practitioners to identify those suppliers that are the most important, unlock value and reduce risk from these.

OBJECTIVES

This Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Operational Excellence training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:

  • To measure supplier performance
  • To identify ways to increase procurement efficiency
  • To develop a strategic sourcing strategy that achieves tangible results
  • To review critical supply strategies
  • To manage a strategic relationship
  • To develop joint working approaches for strategic relationships to collaborate on key initiatives

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Operational Excellence training course is aimed at those working in a Supplier Management role and/or within a Supplier Management process whether at a technical, operational, supervisory or managerial level, especially:

  • Operations personnel
  • Warehouse and supply chain management practitioners
  • Procurement and Purchasing professionals
  • Professionals in Logistics Functions
  • Warehouse and distribution officers/supervisors
  • This training course may also be of interest to Project/Business professionals and Business Process Owners
TRAINING METHODOLOGY

Delivered by a world-class subject matter expert in Procurement, Supply Chain Management and Operations Management, participants will increase their competencies through a variety of instructional methods, individual and team exercises, group discussions and specific team assignments covering the main topics presented in the training course.  This is a highly interactive and competitive EuroMaTech training course where the participants will work and compete in team exercises; whereby all participants will learn how to manage relationships with key suppliers across the entire business through operational excellence.

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

The Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and Operational Excellence training training course covers essential skills such as creating competitive advantage and reducing supply chain risk.  It will focus on joint working with the critical few suppliers who can make a dramatic difference and help realise competitive advantage. This training course is designed to help equip practitioners to identify those suppliers that are the most important, unlock value and reduce risk from these.

 OUTLINE
Day 1: - Understanding the Supply Chain
  • Overview of supply chain functions within the organisation
  • Securing innovation from the supply base
  • The golden rules of supply chain management
  • Supply chain models and types
  • The global supply chain and operations integration
Day 2: - SRM and Strategic Collaborative Relationships
  • Introduction to the principles of SRM
  • The importance of the buyer/supplier relationship
  • Developing the SRM strategy
  • Collaboration and joint working
  • Motivating suppliers and continuous improvement
Day 3: - Principles of Operational Excellence
  • Objectives of Operations Management
  • Alignment of organisational operations and functional strategies
  • Core Operational Principles
  • Strategic Planning
  • Operations Management – Tools and Techniques
Day 4: - Goals and Objectives of Supplier Management
  • Key roles and responsibilities
  • Identify and agree deliverables from suppliers
  • Aligning the goals with the procurement strategy
  • Involving the relevant stakeholders
  • Identifying risks and their impact/probability
Day 5: - Supplier Collaboration to Achieve Operational Excellence
  • Transforming the supplier relationship
  • Supplier evaluation criteria
  • Appropriate supplier methodologies
  • Total Cost Approach
  • Shrinking the supplier base

Certificates

A Certificate of Completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.

Schedule

  08:30 – 10:15 First Session

 10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:15 Second Session

 12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 14:00 Third Session

 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

 Fees

 The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is:

 

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