Leadership and Strategy in Procurement and Projects Management
Success in today’s globally competitive and dynamic marketplace requires new strategies, and new capabilities. Companies are under increasing pressure to reduce supply costs even as they need to leverage suppliers to drive innovation. Meanwhile, the risks to consumer safety, company reputation, and corporate earnings of poorly managed supply chains are becoming increasingly apparent. Volatile commodity pricing, heightened competitive pressures, disruptive technologies, and seemingly unpredictable changes in supplier leverage relative to customers all create new risks, new challenges, and also new opportunities. Procurement and project management in organizations need to improve cross-functional collaboration within their own companies, develop and pursue innovative negotiation strategies, and lead efforts to build and sustain collaborative partnerships with key suppliers.
Course Objective
- Adopt a demand-driven planning and business operating model based on real-time demand insights and demand shaping
- Build an adaptive and agile supply chain with rapid planning and integrated execution
- Optimize product designs and product management for supply, manufacturing, and sustainability to accelerate profitable innovation
- Align our supply chain with business goals by integrating sales and operations planning with corporate business planning