Designed for you

Our Tailored Skills Training programmes are designed to address the specific issues faced by your procurement team or to meet the particular learning outcomes you set.  

We agree course objectives with you in advance and formulate a programme of study that is specifically designed to achieve your desired learning outcomes.  We continue to review those objectives throughout the training to make sure the programme is delivering against expectation.

You choose 

You can choose from an extensive range of CIPS course content that spans all aspects of procurement and supply and all development stages, from new-starter to director-level. 

The scale of your training can be adjusted and can range from short courses to longer-term structured programmes and even individual coaching. 

To accommodate individual needs and varying learning styles, our qualified and experienced trainers employ a range of learning methods. These include:

• Diagnostic review and skills analysis
• Interactive tutoring
• Working on existing organisation projects
• Group discussion and seminars
• Role-playing and team activities

The training is then timed to fit around your schedule and delivered in a location that is convenient to you.

Ideal when you need to achieve...

Impact: Tailored Skills Training drives value back into your organisation with effectively trained staff

Improvement: Staff are upskilled through high quality training

Relevance: Specific issues and learning objectives are addresed

Effective: Staff development is maximised with training designed to accommodate different learning styles

Timesaving: We design and time courses to maximise their efficiency

Cooperation: Team-working and interaction is achieved through collaborative learning

Example training topics

Your tailored training programme will be unique to you.  It may include elements of off the shelf training and also modules that are designed to address your specific needs. 

Examples of training topics may include but are not limited to:

• Procurement fraud
• Purchasing strategy
• Commercial awareness
• Value chain improvement
• Managing business relationships
• Risk management
• Negotiation
• eProcurement and process integration
• Managing cultural diversity
• Presentation skills
• IT in purchasing
• Contract law and management
• Influencing and persuading
• Retail buying

Testimonials

After every course we survey delegates.  Here are a few of the comments we've received recently:

"Very knowledgeable, professional and experienced trainer who was also fun and personable (which helps!).  Good practical examples used to back-up theory.  Excellent handouts. Training was relevant to my job & pitched at the right level."

"Very happy with the pace and the material covered. Took on a lot of material but this was presented to the group effectively by the tutor."

"Really great course provided by a fantastic tutor."

If you have eight or more people who require bespoke training, find out more about the costs and benefits of Tailored Skills Training. Complete the online form and one of our team will contact you, alternatively, call us on +44(0)1780 756777, for those in Southern Africa ring +27 11 345 6177