Practical Procurement Training Course

Practical Procurement Training Course

Build real procurement capability through practical exercises, case studies, and interactive learning designed for today’s procurement challenges.

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DATE

7 August 2025 – 8 August 2025

CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION

31 July 2025

COURSE VENUE

Online

COST

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WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE

The Practical Procurement Training Course equips procurement professionals with essential hands-on skills through real-world case studies and collaborative exercises. Ideal for junior to mid-level buyers and supply chain staff, this interactive course bridges theory and practice to boost confidence and improve decision-making.

Gain practical experience in core areas such as supplier evaluation, tender processes, contract management, and cost analysis—perfect for those involved in sourcing, purchasing, and procurement operations. Relevant for both public and private sector procurement professionals seeking to enhance efficiency, compliance, and value delivery.

Delivered by industry experts, the course provides practical tools and insights that can be applied immediately to everyday procurement challenges, empowering you to drive results within your organisation.

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WHAT DID OTHER PEOPLE SAY?

WHAT DOES THIS COURSE COVER?

  • A knowledge base for people new to, or without a formal qualification in, procurement:
  • The nature of the buying function
  • The importance of buying for business enterprises
  • Differentiation between the management of the traditional buying function and the management of an integrated approach.
  • The buying cycle
  • Different levels of buying, planning and objectives:
  • Strategic, functional and tactical buying and planning
  • Understand the advantages and disadvantages of centralised and decentralised buying
  • Benchmarking in buying and the benchmarking process:
  • The nature and categories of benchmarking
  • Implementing a benchmarking process
  • Identify the characteristics of a good supplier
  • Identifying the key criteria for supplier evaluation: service, flexibility, time, delivery, price, cost and structure, quality and financial status
  • Appreciate methods used in supplier evaluation and recognise the need for supplier certification
  • Differentiate between buyer / supplier relationships and supplier relationship management
  • Identify the different types of contracts in buyer / supplier relationships
  • Define and understand buyer ethics
  • Determining price and using price analysis as a method to determine prices
  • Types of negotiation, stages of negotiation and buying from small businesses and BEE enterprises
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IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

Career roles we recommend this course for:

  • Junior Buyers
  • Purchasing Clerks
  • anyone new to the Procurement profession

YOUR COURSE FACILITATOR

Commerce Edge

Commerce Edge has been a leading provider of World Class Procurement and Supply Chain training since 2001. We have trained hundreds of public and private sector organisations and over 10,000 individuals on various aspects of World Class Procurement, Logistics, Operations and Planning in the context of the wider Supply Chain.

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