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Certified Procurement Professional CPP

Course Overview

The field of Procurement has evolved from a basic administrative role to a strategically vital business unit. Gone are the days of simply processing orders and awaiting deliveries; today’s Procurement professionals must consistently deliver exceptional value through strategic sourcing of products and services that significantly enhance organizational well-being.

To become a Certified Procurement Professional CPP, it means you must gain expertise across these four vital levels:

  1. Strategic: Develop a strategic mindset to drive Procurement excellence
  2. Tactical: Master tactical approaches for effective day-to-day operations
  3. Operational: Implement efficient operational strategies to optimize Procurement processes
  4. Contingency: Navigate challenges with contingency planning and resilience

Our comprehensive training course is crafted to empower you with the skills needed to establish and lead high-performing Procurement functions.

Who Should Attend

  • Contracts, Purchasing, and Procurement Personnel
  • Project, Engineering, Operational, and Maintenance, Personnel who are involved in the planning, and execution of purchases and contracts
  • All involved in the acquisition of materials, equipment, and services and who are in organizations whose leadership want high levels of competency in those involved in these activities

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Contracts, Purchasing, and Procurement Personnel
  • Project, Engineering, Operational, and Maintenance, Personnel who are involved in the planning, and execution of purchases and contracts
  • All involved in the acquisition of materials, equipment, and services and who are in organizations whose leadership want high levels of competency in those involved in these activities

Course Content

Role of procurement management

  • Total value analysis
  • Linking the procurement function to the organization’s strategy
  • Optimizing procurement productivity
  • Proper buying of materials
  • Proper buying of services
  • Proper buying of capital equipment
  • Speeding up the production of the final product
  • Linking the purchasing function to the other supply chain functions

Negotiating with suppliers

  • Qualities of a successful negotiator
  • Proper planning strategies
  • Preparing the right list of questions
  • Things to do before the negotiation
  • Things to do during the negotiation
  • Things to do after the negotiation
  • The right time to negotiate with suppliers
  • The number of suppliers to negotiate with
  • Choosing the right suppliers

Managing and evaluating the department performance

  • Centralization versus decentralization
  • Advantages of centralized procurement
  • Advantages of decentralized procurement
  • Reasons for departmental performance appraisal
  • Creating a strong purchasing team
  • Distributing the correct workload among the buyers
  • Increasing the efficiency of the buyers
  • Increasing the team spirit within the department
  • Designing and conducting end users surveys
  • Setting performance targets

Training the procurement staff

  • Technical training on purchased items to increase productivity
  • The number of training hours per year
  • Visiting the supplier plant as a training tool
  • Visiting the supplier warehouse as a training tool
  • Commodity rotation as a training tool
  • Continuous professional development
  • Training on ethical behavior

Kaizen and continuous improvement in procurement

  • Innovative purchasing methods
  • Implementing new creative procurement ideas
  • Improvement initiatives
  • Monitoring global market conditions
  • Updating procurement KPIs
  • The right number of procurement KPIs
  • Adding value to the total organization

Table of Contents

Course Code DU0902 Category
Location: Dubai, UAE
Duration: 5 Days
Language: English
Cost: 15,770 SAR
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