Training - Contract Management
Let’s be frank – contract management isn’t the most exciting aspect of procurement. After all, who likes paperwork and minutia? Most people don’t. For those in the earlier stage of their career understanding legal jargon can be daunting and negotiating the contract with the supplier, harder still. More experienced professionals might not have even been taught this core skill properly and, with a desire to focus on more exciting activities, try to steer clear of contracts whenever possible.
Robust contracts are a key tool to manage your suppliers and minimise risk. So, like them or loathe them, you need to be good at them. Following some simple steps and with a bit of practice, I’ll show you that contract management isn’t nearly as arduous as you might think.
If you’re a Head of Procurement or Procurement Director you might have different needs. Perhaps you’re unhappy with the low level of spend under contract, the poor accessibility of contracts or that the full contract value isn’t derived. As a Procurement Director I’ve had this challenge myself and have some god ideas of how to help you.
Training - Contract Management
Let’s be frank – contract management isn’t the most exciting aspect of procurement. After all, who likes paperwork and minutia? Most people don’t. For those in the earlier stage of their career understanding legal jargon can be daunting and negotiating the contract with the supplier, harder still. More experienced professionals might not have even been taught this core skill properly and, with a desire to focus on more exciting activities, try to steer clear of contracts whenever possible.
Robust contracts are a key tool to manage your suppliers and minimise risk. So, like them or loathe them, you need to be good at them. Following some simple steps and with a bit of practice, I’ll show you that contract management isn’t nearly as arduous as you might think.
If you’re a Head of Procurement or Procurement Director you might have different needs. Perhaps you’re unhappy with the low level of spend under contract, the poor accessibility of contracts or that the full contract value isn’t derived. As a Procurement Director I’ve had this challenge myself and have some god ideas of how to help you.
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Supply Chain Security
My secret to securing your supply is to go right back to primary production and look beyond the immediate issues.
The business expectations on supply chain functions are greater than ever. Reduced stock holding, improved quality, short lead times, waste minimisation, flexibility to ever changing business forecasts – the list goes on.
Even with significant technological advances, primary material production is at threat from climate change, competition for agricultural land, pests and diseases, water shortage and conflict. And with a global population approaching 8 billion people, together with a growing middle class fuelling demand, securing resources is harder than ever.
My secret to securing your supply is to go right back to primary production and look beyond the immediate issues. Solutions tend to be found well up-stream and require an insightful meshing of people, processes and systems.
I specialise in:
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End-to-end risk supply risk assessment and mitigation planning
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Setting up and running end-to-end multi-modal global supply chains
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Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
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Primary production modelling and physical delivery
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Finished goods production optimisation
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Stock & waste reduction programmes