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Managing Supplier Performance

Supplier Performance Management Skills for Strategic Partnerships

Enhance supplier relations and performance with our Managing Supplier Performance course. Develop proactive approaches to monitoring and improving supplier interactions, integral to our Advanced Project Management certificate. Perfect for professionals aiming to maintain PMI certification.

  • Start Date July 20
  • Time On demand
  • Duration 16 Hours
  • Format
    Self-Paced Online
  • Program Type Open-Enrollment/Public
  • Certificate Type FlexCert
  • CEUS 1.6
  • PDUS 16
  • Program Number 4160726
  • Fees $1,310
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Enhance supplier relations and performance with our Managing Supplier Performance course. Develop proactive approaches to monitoring and improving supplier interactions, integral to our Advanced Project Management certificate. Perfect for professionals aiming to maintain PMI certification.

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Managing Supplier Performance

Program Experience

This course focuses on strategies and techniques using agile principles to managing project suppliers and supply chains, including general procurement, subcontracts, and vendors. You will examine the entire acquisition lifecycle, from the development of executable requirements, specifications, statements of work, and contractual terms and conditions through successful delivery and acceptance. You will learn to provide effective oversight and recognize and resolve supplier performance problems.

Build a broad spectrum of skills needed to optimize costs, delivery reliability, and sharpen product quality by using materials, talent, and enterprise resources effectively. Learn how to set goals for suppliers and manage performance to support compliance and forge long-lasting relationships. 

Managing Supplier Performance can be taken as a stand-alone short course for targeted learning. When used as an elective in the FlexCert certificate for Advanced Project Management you can tailor the program to resonate with your career aspirations and goals.

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You will learn to:

  • Understand the operations and key processes of the supply chain
  • Develop executable requirements and recognize hidden dangers in specifications, statements of work and contractual terms and conditions
  • Perform effective source selections and negotiations
  • Manage suppliers for success and quality
  • Recognize early indicators of potential supplier performance problems
    Avoid potential contractual/legal problems
  • Develop effective strategies for resolution of supplier performance problems
  • Achieve effective oversight and control of lower-tier suppliers

Managing Supplier Performance can be taken as a stand-alone short course for targeted learning. When used as an elective in the FlexCert certificate for Advanced Project Management you can tailor the program to resonate with your career aspirations and goals.

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Steve McNamara

Project Management

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