Engineering Procurement

Overview

This course will help you to develop your skills in the core concepts and approaches to successful engineering procurement.

You will learn how to effectively apply business processes that increase value from suppliers, reduce costs and improve overall commercial performance. The course has been developed to meet the specific needs of the chemical, biochemical and process industries.

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Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will understand:

• what you want from your suppliers and what your suppliers want from you
• he relationship with your suppliers
• Kraljic’s segmentation
• what you need to know about pricing
• how to improve engineering procurement.

Who will benefit

Procurement engineers, supply chain managers, design engineers, project engineers.

What do you get?

• Access to the on-demand course for six months (single user)
•  Pre-recorded and interactive content including recommended further learning
•  End-of-course assessment
• Automated end-of-course certificate, subject to successful completion of the assessment
  

Course outline

• Introduction and learning outcomes
• How important is procurement and how can we segment our expenditure
• Supply positioning, what do your suppliers want from you and ware price, cost and value?
• What is the right approach
• Will our contracts protect us and frauds, cons and cheats
• Where can we improve? Quick wins and tips
• Further resources 
• Assessment and feedback 

Delivery

This on-demand course is delivered via IChemE’s Virtual Learning Zone (registration required). You will be able to access the training course via your web browser and complete the course at your own pace. You will have access to the course for six months.

Purchasing for multiple users?

If purchasing for multiple users, you can benefit from the following discounts:

•    2-5 users – 25% discount 
•    6-10 users – 35% discount 
•    11-50 users – 50% discount 

After purchase, you will receive further information about how to provide your users' details. 

If you have more than 50 users, please contact sales@icheme.org to request a quotation. 

Train your team

This course can be delivered to in-house teams, either on-site or online. Content can be tailored to your specific requirements, and this could be a cost-effective option if you have several people requiring the training. Request a quotation