CP Training Courses
Contracting and Procurement

MANAGING SUPPLIERS AND CONTRACTORS

- risks and opportunities. Achieving company goals of Local Content, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social responsibility and HSE Management.

5 days

As organisations contract out more of their activities it has become evident that they are becoming more reliant on their "external resources" - the suppliers and contractors.

In the eyes of the public these outsourced activities are none-the-less the company's activities. Contracts must be designed to ensure that the contractor not only delivers the product or service but in doing so achieves company's goals of Local Content, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social responsibility and HSE Management. If the contractor is under-performing then the company is also under performing, in these areas as well, probably, as in respect to schedule, quality, budgets etc. This is particularly relevant with long term service contracts and for projects that are of an ongoing repetitive nature. Companies do not want to be continually changing their suppliers and contractors, this only leads to continuous learning curves and no guarantee of improved performance. It is therefore paramount that suppliers and contractors are developed to the required standard to enable them to deliver the expected results.

The course is intended for staff involved in all stages of contracts and provides participants with:

• tools and techniques to be able to select suppliers
• a process to identify areas of importance
• a systematic approach to measuring improvement of contractors' performance
• persuasion methods to get contractors to improve

Dates: 4th to 8th December 2006

Training courses in this section include:

Strategic Contract Management - up to Award
Practical Contract Management - Getting the Results
Managing Suppliers and Contractors - Risks and Opportunities
Strategic Procurement Skills
Materials Management for Engineering Projects

Additional courses, workshops and seminars are available for in-house delivery upon request. Contact enquiries@cp-training-consortium.co.uk