Category Management Training
We offer a range of Category Management courses aimed at different audiences and ranging from a one day general awareness or half day executive awareness up to a four day advanced course for experienced or developing purchasing staff and potentially some key stakeholders. Our Category Management courses are availble based arond our 5i® methodology or fully customised to your organisation, process and language, and we can even create and supply a full
process and toolkit designed for you. You can also sign up for one of our
Category Management public traning courses.
This is our most popular range of courses and essential for any company embarking on or attempting to re-establish a Category Management program.
Our experienced trainers bring the training to life using a combination of inspirational tuition, facilitated debate, group work and carefully selected case studies. For the three and four day courses there are options for delegates to work on their own categories in break out sessions with full facilitation support.
Category Management training should be considered in conjunction with a customised category management process together with
supporting tools and templates, developed around your language and the needs of your business or our on-line
Purchasing Academy. We can offer these separately or for a large program talk to us regarding possible discounts on a complete process, toolkit and training package.
Course Options
Our Category Management training courses are available using our 5i methodology or fully customised to your organisation, process and language. are f
Executive Awareness (half day)
Aimed at helping executive teams understand the concept, their role to support it and the governance required. Covers the basics of category management, the key principles and even includes some examples of how the process is applied.
Category Management Awareness (one day)
Aimed at both general purchasing staff and stakeholders. Provides a introduction to the overall process and the principles employed. Includes case studies and a closer look at a selection of some of the core tools.
Category Management Intermediate (two day)
A general introduction to Category Management aimed at both purchasing staff and stakeholders. Takes delegates through the process and approach up to ‘implementation’ covering core principles and the majority of the tools and techniques up to this point in the process.
Category Management Advanced (three or four day)
Our most popular course. Aimed at experienced or developing purchasing practitioners. Takes delegates through the entire process and core principles in detail with a selection of case studies used to illustrate the power in effective application of the process. This course is available with the option to work on actual categories within your business as part of the workshop.
Contact Positive Purchasing today to organise people development in your business. Contact us or send an email or call +44 (0) 845 331 3312 or +44 (0) 1752 827969
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Category Management Executive Awareness
(half day)
Category Management Awareness
(one day)
Category Management Intermediate
(two day)
Category
Management
Advanced
(three/four day)
Public Courses
Sign up for one of our public Category Management courses. For schedule and to book click
here.
'Catman in a box'
Developed for small to medium sized enterprises; our 'Category Management in a box' solution provides everything a small purchasing team needs to establish Category Management. Includes process, basic toolkit, one three day training event, governance set up and a copy of 'Category Management in Purchasing' book.
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