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.
- Teacher: Misa Bakajic
- Teacher: Kaija Haapasalo
- Teacher: Heikki Heponiemi