International procurement is a complex process, which has the potential to provide many benefits to the organization in the form of lower prices, higher quality and improved supplier performance. In this programme you will learn how to:
Develop your management skills.
Build your staff into a dynamic team.
Develop a strategic mind-set.
Negotiate in a dynamic fashion.
Target vision of excellence for your operation.
Locate, evaluate and manage international sources.
Implement best practices in international procurement.
Effectively draft an international procurement contract.
Manage the international movement of materials.
Examine management best practices.
Appraise powerful techniques for building teamwork.
Scrutinize important aspects of strategic thinking.
Evaluate the key elements of operational excellence.
Examine how to locate and evaluate new sources internationally.
Consider the impact of the internet on purchasing operations.
Review best practices in international purchasing.
Analyse ways of managing suppliers more effectively.
Study new concepts in inventory management.
Explore productive negotiating skills.
Understand the proper drafting of international contracts.
Plan for effective international transportation management.
Professionals Seeking Career Advancement
Career ChangersConsultants and Advisors
Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Operations Managers
Sourcing Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Procurement Professionals
The importance of socio-technical management.
Techniques for effective communication.
Motivating for results.
Enhancing your coaching skills.
Empowering employees for improved performance.
Characteristics of a successful manager.
Obtaining the benefits of teamwork.
Characteristics of ineffective teams.
Characteristics of effective teams.
Managing conflict in a productive manner.
Understanding team member styles.
Creating a virtual team.
Analyzing the strategic planning process.
Achieving competitive advantage.
Utilizing dynamic SWOT analysis.
Focusing on vision and mission.
The importance of contingency planning.
Examples of strategic success and failure.
Gaining insight into the negotiating process.
Characteristics of an effective negotiator.
Developing negotiating strategies.
Employing persuasive negotiation techniques.
Achieving the benefits of effective negotiating.
Negotiation exercises.
The Malcolm Baldrige quality award-standard of excellence.
Lessons from the best performing companies.
Benchmarking your operation against the best.
Creating employee commitment.
Managing continuous improvement.
Creating the high performance organization.
Globalization and its effects.
Utilizing the internet for procurement.
Modern buying practices.
Assuring supplier performance.
Methods for determining price.
Procurement’s role in the organization.
Procurement performance measurement.
Long term contract pricing formulas.
International buying operations.
International counter-trade.
Achieving the benefits of global procurement.
Overcoming the difficulties of international buying.
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
We often hear record-breaking athletes say; I owe it to my coach; That’s because however talented they are, athletes need a coach to improve their performance and competitiveness. Likewise, Companies and Organizations need to create a culture where coaching and feedback occur as a routine part of each day. Towards this strategic end. This innovative and motivating course, explains a structured approach to coaching which is effective whether a professional is working with a recruit or seeking improvement from an experienced player. Being less of a boss and more of a coach is fundamental to modern management. Urging people to do better won’t work unless they know how to do it better. Good coaching builds trust and a collaborative climate between professionals and teams.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively
The program has been designed to be interactive with several case studies and group exercises. A modular approach will take the delegates through the four stages of Crisis Management - Preparation, Planning, Response, and Recovery. Participative lectures will involve the use of PowerPoint, handout material, work manual with all instructor notes and slides, examples of best practice, and appropriate video/DVD material. The use of flip-charts, syndicate workshops, and reporting back sessions will encourage a fully participative and enjoyable event.
This course will provide participants with in-depth knowledge and practical skills to plan, deliver and monitor IT/cybersecurity to internal and external clients encompassing a complete, conjoined set of disciplines in the areas of IT policies, Security-Operational-Run-Book, security/penetration testing, ethical hacking, and black hat hacking.
It will also cover WiFi security, Website security, human factors, cyber forensics, cybersecurity team management, Secure Operations Center (SOC), and Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) infrastructures.
As part of the course, participants will conduct a risk assessment of two different deployments based on the ISO27001 to identify any direct, or indirect threats, security exposures, or potentials for vulnerabilities. Participants will also respond to an example of security incident and identify the best practices which could be applied to secure their own organization and associated assets. All participants will be given copies of Run Books to deal with cyber extortions, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS/DoS), and forensic investigations.