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Supplier Relationship Management - Intensive - Online

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An intensive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) course aimed at purchasing professionals and potentially some key stakeholders. This course is designed to help practitioners manage important suppliers and develop specific interventions to achieve business goals. Based around the Positive Purchasing ‘Orchestra of SRM®’ and 5A™ SCR (Strategic Collaborative Relationship) process, our SRM training is perfect for any practitioner who is involved in Managing or interfacing with suppliers. This high-impact, online training course will be delivered by leading procurement expert Jonathan O’Brien who works with global blue-chip organizations to help transform their strategic procurement capability

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Positive Purchasing

Positive Purchasing

Positive Purchasing is a company that specializes in providing procurement and purchasing training and tools to organizations around the world. Founded in the UK in 2003, our operational headquarters is located in the historic Royal William Yard in Plymouth, and overlooks the waterfront. We are truly global in our business outlook and have steadily grown into one of the world’s leading strategic purchasing and negotiation specialists. Our procurement programs, using our best-practice methodologies, along with our bespoke packages and complete procurement transformation service, have earned us a reputation for exceptional results across a spectrum of industries. Our negotiation programs have won the acclaim of the companies who have secured significantly better outcomes from their negotiations.
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