An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Category Management in Procurement
Maximising Value from Procurement & the Supply Chain
UPCOMING SESSIONS
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19-23 Jan 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 18-22 May 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 07-11 Sep 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-16 Jan 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 13-17 Apr 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 03-07 Aug 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
To optimize value from procurement, it's essential to integrate the right tools, methods, and strategies. This Category Management in Procurement training course will offer you a proven methodology for Category Management and demonstrate how this approach can drive excellence in Procurement Management operations.
Originally developed in the retail sector to manage inventory based on profitability and customer segmentation, category management has since become a valuable tool across various industries. It helps organize and manage suppliers and products effectively by applying key principles to inventory acquisition.
This training course will feature:
- The understanding of Procurement, Purchasing and Buying operations
- Understanding the different models to categorize suppliers & their products
- How to use selective inventory management to determine the appropriate category listing
- Segregating suppliers and manage categories in Procurement
- Understand total cost of ownership
Training Course Objectives
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Apply a thorough understanding of category management in procurement
- Identify, analyze and evaluate procurement opportunities
- Understand the keys aspects in category management
- Use tools and techniques to improve organization’s competitiveness
- Apply the knowledge in procurement and supply chain in organizational improvements
Designed for
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Procurement, buyers and purchasing professionals
- Those who need to maximise value from procurement and the supply chain
- Those who need an understanding of the relationships between risk, cost and service in supply chains
Learning Methods
This Category Management in Procurement training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The Category Management in Procurement training course will adopt Robert Gagne’s Instructional Design Model and the Nine steps of instruction Learning and combine presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by video materials, activities and case studies. Delegates will thus be to enhance retention and transfer knowledge to their workplace.
The Course Outline
- Definition and understanding Procurement and purchasing
- Definition of Category Management
- The evolution of Category Management
- Models used in Category Grouping
- The aspects to be considered in category groups
- Managing Selective Inventory Control
- The Procurement Excellence Roadmap (PER)
- The importance of Category Management in Procurement
- Value improvement using category management
- Value Adding from Categorization
- Class Exercise on Category Management in Procurement
- Traditional purchasing revisited
- Value and risk analysis
- The model in identifying inventory classification
- Best price evaluation
- Understanding collaborative supplier management
- Supplier Portfolio Analysis (SPfA)
- Common barriers and challenges
- Overcoming such barriers
- Best Practice in the implementation of new ideas
- Managing price sensitive products
- Economic Order Quantity
- Criticality Analysis
- Class work on Selective Inventory Control (SIC)
- Supply chain futures, predictions and what needs to be done
- The improvements for re-engineering end to end supply chains
- Supply chain excellence and shareholder value
- The steps to supply chain excellence
- Developing the supply chain strategy
- Supply chain strategy best practice
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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