Procurement Leadership Training & Certification

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You will learn

With our behavioural leadership training course, you’ll learn all about leadership styles, how to develop appropriate behaviours and be able to put them into practice in your current role.

By the end of the training, you’ll be able to:

  • Develop critical leadership behaviours across all levels of leadership within the organisation and supply chain
  • Adapt behaviours to deal with a range of simple to complex leadership scenarios and display effective, sensitive, and courageous approaches to dealing with a wide range of stakeholders, internal, external and at all levels within the organisation
  • Exhibit self-awareness, emotional intelligence and resilience, sensitivity and courage when dealing with challenging situations in ambiguous and undefined environments
  • Critically assess and evaluate your own behaviours in a variety of situations in both positive and negative environments and identify areas for improvement for the future, including the potential for training, coaching and ongoing advice to develop leadership potential and skills
  • Seek continuous constructive feedback from a range of stakeholders with regards to leadership style and behaviours to continuously develop an approach, illustrating the ability to listen and respond positively to their inputs
  • Exhibit an inspirational and motivational approach to leadership in all situations, gaining support for stretching objectives and targets in the organisation
 

Suitable for the following roles

  • Operational Buyer
  • Procurement Analyst
  • Buyer
  • Senior Buyer
  • Contract Manager
  • Category Manager
  • Procurement Manager
  • Support Manager
  • Quality Assurance Manager
 

Book a course for your team

To book an individual place on a course, click here.

Or if you're interested in learning more about how we can help enhance your teams' capability, fill out your details below and we'll be in touch to let you know how CIPS Procurement Skills Training can help your team.

Procurement Leadership Training agenda

Session 1 – What makes a successful leader

Session 2 – Understand the history of modern leadership

Session 3 – Leadership style, assessing and adapting

Session 4 – How you influence

Session 5 – Understand the practical use of emotional intelligence

Session 6 – Creating an environment of resilience for yourself and others

Session 7 – Developing inspirational and motivational behaviours