Senior procurement managers,
Consultants
Top managers
PhDr Jan Vašek, MSc. et MSc. Relevant education: completed several master level courses: Postgraduate diploma in strategy and innovation at Oxford University, Personal Leadership Development at Harvard Business school, Business and Law at Nottingham Trent University, Managing Company performance at Cranfield University. Professional experience: After 18 years in procurement [Valeo, Toyota, Inergy Automotive, Automotive Lighting, Swiss Krono Group] he moved to academia to lecture and research in Vysoká Škola Báňská and Cranfield University. He focuses on procurement strategy, commodity purchasing, B2B marketing and business model innovation. Teaching experience: He often lectures at procurement conferences in Central Europe. He organizes specialized workshops on advanced procurement, strategy and innovation topics.
Companies hire consultants to help them with procurement strategy [definition and implementation]. However, the results are often disappointing. This workshop provides an in-depth discussion about this topic. It answers key questions: When and for what should we hire the consultants? How should we measure performance? How should we reward them? What is likely to go wrong and how should we pre-empt/resolve it?
Some purchasing managers complain that internal customers
[1] do not involve them into the consultant -ion process,
[2] systematically by-pass procurement,
[3] are unable/unwilling to define an actionable specification,
[4] expect only the administrative procurement support,
[5] do not enforce contract compliance and manage conflicts poorly. All these issues lead to sub-optimum results. This workshop suggests what role the procurement should assume in the strategic consultancy projects so that the company draws the maximum value.
Purchasing managers are aware that strategic consulting services are a specific procurement category in terms of
[1] sourcing and decision-making process,
[2] performance measurement,
[3] buyer skills. The third module discusses existing “good practices, performance measurement issues and the required buyer skill-set.
-: Ekonomická fakulta VŠB, Sokolska 33, Ostrava
When: 07/November/2017 - 09.00 – 16.00.
Language: English
Participant fee: 16.500 Kč [excl. VAT]. Invoice the day of training, payment terms: 15 days. Free cancellation: 14 before the training date. After this date, 100 % of the fee will be charged. Please, state all information you need on the invoice in your order.