Category Management (L5M6)
Module Purpose
On completion of this module, learners will be able to evaluate approaches that can be adopted to develop category management of both direct and indirect organisational expenditure and plan for the associated strategic processes.
Module aim(s)
Category management involves applying the end-to-end procurement process to a specific range of goods or services. This involves preaward processes such as category analysis and demand management, sourcing and contract negotiation, and the post-award processes such as performance management. It is essential that those involved in managing procurement and supply activity can evaluate approaches to develop category management and are able to create process plans which ensure category management success. This module is designed for those who have responsibility for category management as it focuses on the differing approaches for category management using the tools and techniques which are available to assist with the creation of the associated processes for direct or indirect expenditure.
Next steps
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Four core modules make up 42 of the required credits for this qualification, choose three elective modules to make up the 18 remaining credits
