Core contents:

·       Category management

·       Supplier relationship management

·       Early supplier involvement in new product development

·       Change management

Learning outcomes

·       The student understands the principles of category management.

·       The student can apply supplier relationship management strategy to suitable procurement categories.

·       The student is able to apply the central theories, tools and models for developing the procurement function and acknowledges the different ways to organize sourcing.

·       The student is able to create a risk map and gap-analysis and find development topics in procurement.

·       The student is able to create effective risk management strategies for procurement.

·       The student is able to evaluate possibilities for early supplier involvement (ESI) in new product development and understands the importance of stakeholder management in ESI.