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Certificates: Certificate "Purchasing Officer"
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Additional Certificates: Certificate "Purchasing Management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification"
Original SAP user certificate
Basic certificate in project management (GPM)® from PM-Zert -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Purchasing management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
SAP user certification UC_MM_S42023
Certification by PM-ZERT, certification body of the GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 16 Weeks
Purchasing management and logistics
Purchasing 4.0: What is it and where is it going? (approx. 1.5 days)
Change in procurement in the digital age
Digitalization in purchasing
Centralized vs. decentralized purchasing
Back door selling
Maverick buying
Procurement marketing
Structuring the supply chain
Analysis methods
Basics of supply (approx. 1 day)
Target triangle of modern purchasing within the value chain
Purchasing cards, bullwhip effect
Advanced/Autonomous Procurement
Supplier Management 4.0 - eProcurement (approx. 0.5 days)
Introduction of e-procurement and Procure2Pay, e-invoicing
Strategic analyses (approx. 2 days)
ABC analysis: Procedure and possible applications
XYZ analysis: selection of inventory strategies
Supply strategies: single, global or unit sourcing
Basic data for the development of supply chain and purchasing strategies
Early Involvement
Volume bundling
Supply Chain Reference Model (SCOR)
Balanced scorecard and strategy maps
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Inquiry and tender (approx. 2 days)
Inquiries for goods and services
Inquiry strategies: Price inquiries
Service description
Rules for handling inquiries and tenders
Offer analysis: composition of costs
Simple, partial or weighted multi-factor comparison
Supplier selection and supply chain management (approx. 2.5 days)
Strategic 360° supplier selection
SCOPE supplier selection process
Segmentation of the supplier portfolio
Risk assessment
Supplier certification
Supplier audits
Supplier classification and evaluation
Supplier policy
Supplier homepage
Portfolio analyses/portfolio matrices
Interface management
Supply chain management
Process optimization and design
E-procurement solutions
Electronic catalogs
Electronic order management
Product Information Management (PIM)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Basics of procurement strategies (approx. 0.5 days)
Make-or-buy analyses
Price structure analysis (approx. 1.5 days)
Composition of a price
Price calculation with the "50-25-25" formula
Cost accounting methods
Performance management
KPI
Performance evaluation
Partial cost accounting (contribution margin)
Break-even analysis
Price regression
Best practice
Price structure analysis in the supply chain
Evaluation and methodology
Value management, value engineering, value analysis (approx. 0.5 days)
Contractual agreements (approx. 2 days)
Use of price escalation clauses
Learning curve and bonus agreements
Quality management
Agreements with suppliers
Supplier rating system
Legal issues in purchasing and data protection (approx. 1 day)
Sustainability in the supply chain
Supply chain due diligence law
DSGVO
IT cybersecurity
Agile purchasing organization (approx. 0.5 days)
Strategic and operational purchasing
Lead buying in the supply chain
Purchasing controlling (approx. 1.5 days)
Objectives and tasks of purchasing controlling
Methods for developing key figures
Professional service in the supply chain
Service providers
Hard savings vs. soft savings
Success in purchasing
Design of purchasing reports
Supplier and supply chain controlling
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Purchasing Management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
User Materials Management (Purchasing, MM) with additional qualification in Sales and Distribution (SD) with SAP S/4HANA
S4H00 SAP S/4HANA Overview (approx. 4 days)
Overview of SAP S/4HANA
Navigation, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Client, SAP Logon
System-wide concepts with organizational units, master data and transactions
Overview of financial accounting and logistics modules, mapping of the respective processes in SAP
Reporting, system structure and migration
SAP service offerings
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
S4500 Business Processes Sourcing and Procurement (approx. 8 days)
Overview and navigation
Processes and corporate structure in procurement
Procurement process
Procurement master data
Stock material compared to consumables
Request via self-service
Extended transactions in procurement
Automated procurement process
Evaluations and analyses
S4600 Business Processes in Sales (approx. 8 days)
Navigation with Fiori
Company structures
Sales processes at a glance
Master data
Automatic data determination and scheduling
Availability check
Collective processing
Further processes in Sales
Complaints processing
Monitoring and sales analyses
S4520 Purchasing (approx. 10 days)
Master data
Sources of supply and conditions
Source determination
Optimized purchasing processing
Document release procedure
Special procurement processes
Supplier evaluation
Further selected topics
S4525 Consumption-based scheduling and forecasting (approx. 4 days)
Consumption-based scheduling
Planning run, forecast
Further options in consumption-based scheduling
Project work/case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification in materials management (approx. 6 days)
Project management incl. certification by PM-ZERT, certification body of GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. V.
Context skills (approx. 2 days)
Strategy
Governance, structures and processes
Power and interests
Technical skills (approx. 7 days)
Project design
Requirements and objectives
Scope of services and delivery objects
Process and deadlines
Organization, information and documentation
Stakeholders
Opportunities and risks
Agile project management
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Presentation options for project management with MS Project (approx. 5 days)
Introduction to MS Project
Cost plan and financing
Resource planning
Planning and control
Reporting
Personal and social skills (People) (approx. 1 day)
Personal communication
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination in project management (approx. 5 days)
By PM-ZERT, certification body of the GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V.
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
Once you have completed the course, you will be familiar with operational and strategic purchasing tools, as well as price analysis, costing and negotiation. You are also familiar with legal issues in purchasing. You are proficient in SAP Material Management processes and round off your professional profile with SAP user certification. You will also be proficient in basic project management techniques and be able to apply these with software support (MS Project).
Specialists in the field of purchasing are in demand at companies in all sectors. Your new skills will open up career opportunities in a wide range of fields.
After the course, you will be able to demonstrate your new skills with a TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).