Supplier Management Training Course

Introduction

This curriculum is designed for experienced quality professionals that are new or relatively new to supplier quality and supplier management.

The course introduces you to foundational supplier management concepts and principles and teaches you how to design and implement a supplier management program.

To ensure a robust, engaging learning experience, this course leverages case studies, individual and group activities, hands-on exercises, and knowledge checks to help you transform the conceptual into the practical.

An Introduction course (including Introduction to Supplier Management, Auditing for Improved Supplier Performance, and Quality/Engineering Tools for Supplier Management).

Duration

5 Days

Who Should Attend?

The ISQP curriculum is an excellent tool for experienced quality professionals that are new or relatively new to supplier quality and supplier management.

Course objectives

At the end of this training seminar, you will learn to:

• Define a supplier management program and why it is important
• Assess the status of your organization’s existing supplier management program
• Build a supplier management toolkit including a supplier rating system, supplier surveys and audits, supplier process evaluation, supplier certification, ship-to-stock programs
• Assess and evaluate your current supply base to determine suitability to your organization’s needs
• Improve your existing supplier base using effective communication strategies and the proper corrective actions
• Assess and select new suppliers and properly onboard them leveraging agreements, contracts, and purchase orders
• Certify a supplier

Course outline

• Supplier Management Programs—An Overview
• Assessing the Status of Your Organization’s Existing Supplier Management Program
• Building a Supplier Management Toolkit
• Taking Inventory of Your Existing Supplier Base
• Improving Your Existing Supplier Base
• Selecting New Suppliers
• Certifying a Supplier

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion, and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirements. 

Training Venue 

The training will be held at our Upskill Training Centre. We also offer training for a group at the requested locations all over the world. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and buffet lunch.

Visa application, travel expenses, airport transfers, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant

Certification

Participants will be issued with Upskill certificate upon completion of this course.