Business-oriented category management (2 days)
Business-oriented category management strengthens an organization's strategic procurement expertise, because category management is one of the most important ways to increase procurement efficiency and productivity.
The training is organized in collaboration with Innodea Oy. The trainers are Hanna Pajunen-Muhonen and Lauri Vihonen. It can be implemented as face-to-face, distance or multi-modal training.
Training description
Training objectives
- Strengthens the strategic procurement expertise of the organization's procurement team
- Open perspectives on identifying stakeholder needs and how procurement and category management support the business and the achievement of its goals
- To create a clear foundation for the participants in the process and practical work of category management (what, why, how) and the skills to launch category work in their own category
- Create a common category plan template and uniform principles for using it as a guideline for operations
- Provides skills for utilizing strategy tools and understanding the effects of strategies
- Create the skills to analyze your own category and identify potential development opportunities.
All methods used in the training aim to strengthen participants' interaction skills and soft skills that are useful in practical category work.
Training program
Before training
- learning objectives are set, content is tailored, structure and duration are agreed upon
Training
Opening, program and rules of the game
- Introduction to business-oriented category management
- What do I expect from coaching?
The benefits of category management and its connection to improving competitiveness.
- Perspectives from three companies
- The benefits and story of category management
The foundation of category management and the cornerstones of success
- Conditions for success
Category management model and process
Category management actors and roles
- Category management in a sample company
- Category Manager's role, roles and responsibilities
Category plan as a guideline for operations
- Creating a category plan template
- Structure of a category plan for your own category
Starting category work in practice
- Category launch project plan
Category management and sourcing capabilities
Coaching summary
- What do I do next?
After training
- training summary and feedback
- agree on further development steps
Education in a nutshell
- Coaching tailored to the team and client. The goals, content, structure and duration are agreed upon before the training. The training may include preliminary, intermediate and final tasks as agreed, as well as training material.
- Duration 2 days, can be implemented in 1-4 parts as face-to-face, blended or distance learning. Number of participants: group size maximum 15
- The training will be invoiced in one installment approximately two weeks before it begins and it is possible to cancel it free of charge 14 days before the start of the training.
- The price includes 24% VAT. The customer is responsible for travel, accommodation and other practical arrangements and their costs. Depending on the location of the training venue, travel costs may be charged.
- We will contact you within 24 hours of your order.
