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Certificates: Certificate "International Trade Officer"
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Additional Certificates: TOEIC® certificate (Test of English for International Communication)
Certificate "Foreign trade and customs clearance"
Original SAP Consultant Certificate -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
TOEIC®-Test (Test of English for International Communication)
SAP-Beraterzertifizierung Sourcing and Procurement C_TS452_2410 -
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: 24 Weeks
Business English
General language part (approx. 4 days)
Basic structures of the English language
Tenses (simple, continuous, perfect), questions
Active/passive voice
Adjective/adverb
Modal verbs
Conditional
British and American English
Important idioms
Presenting in English
Communicative part (approx. 5 days)
Establishing and maintaining customer contacts, telephone calls, correspondence
Presentation of business visits
Dealing with complaints
Describing products
Writing letters and emails using common phrases on topics such as orders, quotations
Communicating the hierarchical structure of the company
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Business English (approx. 6 days)
Writing business correspondence
Influencing
Professional discussion of topics such as company structure, marketing and sales
Reporting on market analyses, discussion of financial trends
On a business trip: At the reception, in the hotel, in the restaurant
Appearance in meetings
Describing processes and procedures
Conducting negotiations and reaching agreements
Developing and communicating plans/projects
Preparing presentations
English-language job descriptions
Anglo-Saxon application process
Writing the CV
Interview: confident presentation of experience and qualifications
Project work, certification preparation and TOEIC® certification exam (approx. 5 days)
Foreign trade and customs clearance
Foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
Trade in Europe and world trade
Importance of sea freight transportation in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
Advantages and disadvantages of sea freight transportation
Ship types and freight areas
Importance of air freight transport in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
Known consignor and regulated agent
Advantages of groupage shipments in air freight
Incoterms® 2020 (approx. 1 day)
One-point and two-point clauses
Criteria for a suitable Incoterms® 2020 clause
Risk hedging (approx. 1 day)
Payment and delivery risks in foreign trade
Documentary collection
Documentary letter of credit
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Customs procedure (approx. 5 days)
Import procedure
Customs certificate and release
Import duties
Customs duties and customs value
Electronic customs tariff (EZT)
Export procedure
The Automated Tariff and Local Customs Clearance System ATLAS
Export licenses
EU customs law
The Union Customs Code
Preferences and certificates of origin
Security provisions in the international movement of goods
EU customs security initiative
Customs warehouse
Processing ATLAS customs procedures with Dakosy ZODIAK GE (approx. 5 days)
Create and edit customer data
Create and edit article data
Create import customs declaration
Processing input requests
Processing errors
Creating export declarations
Creating transit procedures in the NCTS system
Creating an import and export customs declaration
Creating a transit declaration
Possible prompts and errors
International Trade (approx. 1 day)
The International Chamber of Commerce ICC
EU legal bases
Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
Forwarder documents for foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
FIATA-FCR and FIATA-FCT
FIATA-Multimodal Transport
Bill of Lading
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
SAP Consultant Materials Management: Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement with additional qualification in Sales and Distribution (SD)
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 (approx. 6 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Optional and recommended as an intermediate test: SAP user certification in materials management
S4H02 Fiori overview (approx. 3 days)
Introduction, technology and architecture, setup
4510 Inventory Management and Physical Inventory in SAP S/4HANA (approx. 8 days)
Introduction to inventory management
Goods receipts
Stock transfers and transfer postings
Reservations
Goods issues
Special procurement processes
Special features of stock valuation
stocktaking
Evaluations
Further customizing settings
S4515 Invoice verification (approx. 6 days)
Invoice entry
Variances and invoice blocks
Additional charges, delivery costs and credit notes
Automations in invoice verification
WE/RE account maintenance
Invoice verification - further customizing
Invoice verification - further topics
S4550 Comprehensive customizing in materials management (approx. 9 days)
Solution Manager and customizing projects
General settings
Organizational units
Master data
Valuation and account assignment
Purchasing
Inventory management
SAP Learning Journey - Managing Clean Core for SAP S/4HANA Cloud (approx. 1 day)
Project work/case study, certification preparation and SAP consultant certification in materials management (approx. 13 days)
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
The course enables you to act confidently and competently in an international business and foreign trade environment. After completing the course, you will have the advanced English language skills you need to succeed in everyday international business. The internationally recognized TOEIC® test is the ideal way to prove your acquired language skills. You will also have in-depth knowledge of European and global foreign trade processes and customs clearance using the ZODIAK software. In addition, you will be qualified as an SAP consultant in the field of materials management to analyze purchasing and procurement processes, design industry-specific processes and strengthen your professional profile in the long term through SAP certification.
The course is aimed at people with a commercial or administrative background as well as specialists and managers from the areas of sales, purchasing, materials management and logistics. It is also aimed at IT specialists and those with a degree in economics or relevant professional experience who wish to expand their English language skills, acquire in-depth knowledge of international foreign trade and gain practical training in the area of purchasing through SAP qualifications.
Due to the international networking of many companies as a result of globalization, the English language is becoming increasingly important. When looking for or securing a job today, it is necessary to continuously improve your language skills in order to meet the growing demands in the communicative environment. The meaningful TOEIC® test gives you a detailed insight into your acquired qualifications in the linguistic environment and thus facilitates your career entry and advancement.
In addition, foreign trade and customs clearance specialists are in demand at companies of all sizes in the areas of goods and freight transportation, sea, air and land trade, import and export, as well as in customs clearance and warehousing.
The globally standardized and recognized SAP certificate is considered one of the most important manufacturer certifications in the commercial sector, with which you can improve your career prospects on the job market across all industries. Specialists in materials management, logistics and purchasing are in demand from both large and medium-sized companies in industry, trade and the service sector.
Training partner of SAP® Germany
In cooperation with the SAP training partner alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH, we will qualify you for a job in industry and business.
You are directly connected to the SAP® Germany servers and learn on the original SAP® training system (IDES) in the latest version. This gives you the necessary practical experience during the course.
All SAP consultant courses also conclude with the original SAP certification. Our SAP instructors are qualified SAP consultants who will provide you with intensive support and prepare you optimally for the certification exam.
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 teaching 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).