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PASA announces The Strategic Procurement Leadership Programme

Leadership Programme

PASA has announced The Strategic Procurement Leadership Programme, which is set to take place online between 6-8th December, from 9am until 1pm AEDT each day.

Designed to help procurement leaders who are stuck in a transactional rut, finding themselves involved too late, too tender driven, focused on supply over procurement or chasing savings in an inflationary world, this innovative programme will help attendees move up to a strategic level and take a more proactive approach to procurement.

Spread across three mornings with Jonathan Dutton FCIPS, this short workshop will equip leaders with the mindset, practical tools and procurement techniques that enable a more strategic approach to procurement immediately.

Eight key sections are covered through presentations, discussions, group interactions and practical approaches, including:

  1. Procurement leadership: the business context for procurement
  2. The role of modern procurement and supply management
  3. Opportunity analysis
  4. Market analysis
  5. Category Management
  6. Market management insight
  7. Integrating procurement and supply chain management
  8. Contract management, SRM and competitive advantage from the supply side

Attendees will gain a new perspective on how to deliver genuinely strategic procurement relevant to their organisation’s true needs right now, leveraging the post-Covid landscape and all that it taught us about supply-side management.

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  • Understand the context and complexity within which modern strategic procurement has to deliver and meet stakeholder needs
  • Quickly determine the difference between procurement leadership and management
  • Grasp thoroughly the essentials and the mindset of a strategic approach to procurement
  • Confidently manage suppliers and colleagues through a more strategic procurement process
  • Utilise a core range of strategic procurement tools and techniques
  • Develop the true role of procurement for the organisation and take a more strategic and balanced approach that is right for the organisation

Fully revised and updated, this innovative workshop includes the most recent esteemed contributions in international thought leadership, fused with established procurement theory and real life examples.

Participants will gain a thorough vision of what successful strategic procurement looks like today for leading organisations, peering through the lens of best practices harvested from across the globe – and some of the worst practices as well.

This programme is perfect for procurement managers looking to get more strategic in their perspective, for experienced category managers who are ready to move up and for new practitioners looking to quickly learn about procurement, as well as seasoned procurement professionals who are gearing up for their next step.

It’s set to be an unmissable three days but places are limited, so register now to avoid disappointment.