:: DEFINE | Management Consultancy & Training Provider In UAE, Abu Dhabi,Dubai,Saudi Arabia ::

EFFECTIVE PURCHASING, TENDERING & SUPPLIER SELECTION

Location

Dubai, UAE

Date

From Date: 04-Aug-2025
To Date: 08-Aug-2025

Duration

5 days

Language

ENGLISH

Discipline

Purchasing, Inventory, Storage, Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Introduction

A five-day intensive program, for those who want to understand and implement the essential tools of Purchasing, Procurement, and Buying. Participants will learn how to evaluate procedures and make needed changes to methods to improve customer service whilst achieving significant reductions in inventories; eliminate wasteful costs; avoid internal system problems that limit performance; obtain added value for money.

Objective

Purchasing Organizations
Purchasing Systems
Alternative Purchasing Methods
Finding Suppliers
Defining Specifications
Basics of e-procurement
Legal context for Purchasing.
Negotiation
The Role of Purchasing in the Organization
Expediting
Price, Cost, and Value

Audience

This course has been designed to enhance the purchasing skills of buyers in business, government, and the military. It is intended for buyers of all types of materials, equipment, and services who seek to strengthen their abilities as well as the performance of their purchasing department.

Content

Day 1

Performance Purchasing

Course Objectives
Introduction to Purchasing and its contribution to the organization.
Key Concepts
Purchasing Organizations
The Procurement Cycle
Purchasing Systems

Day 2

Supplier Selection

Specifications
Working with End-users
Supplier Evaluation Criteria
Appropriate Supplier Methodologies
Total Cost Approach

Day 3

Tendering

Form of Tendering
Request for Information
Request for Quotation/Invitation to Tender
Tender Evaluation
Negotiation
Price Cost and Value

Day 4

Legal Issues

From Tender to Contract
Supplier non-performance
Expediting
Terms and Conditions
E-procurement fundamentals

Day 5

Purchasing Performance

Supplier Measurement
Vendor Rating
Action Planning
Course Review and Evaluation

NOTE:

Pre & Post Tests will be conducted.

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Reviews &Assessments will

be carried out.

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Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your analysis and experiences. Tests of the multiple-choice type will be made available daily to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

Very useful Course Materials will be given.

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details