Programme outline
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the end-to-end supplier lifecycle and onboarding processes
- Apply supplier segmentation strategies for effective relationship management
- Evaluate supplier performance using scorecards and Key Performance Indicator (KPIs)
- Identify and assess supply chain risks
- Design appropriate risk mitigation and response strategies
- Understand key Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks relevant to procurement
- Integrate ESG considerations into supplier evaluation and selection
- Engage suppliers to support sustainability and social objectives
- Evaluate the role of digital tools in supplier risk and ESG tracking
Day 1
- Supplier lifecycle from onboarding to exit
- Due diligence, qualification, and compliance checks
- Governance, data requirements, and controls
- Common onboarding challenges and risks
- Strategic, preferred, and transactional supplier models
- Segmentation criteria: value, risk, dependency, and criticality
- Aligning relationship strategies to supplier segments
- Over-segmentation and practical constraints
- Purpose and structure of supplier scorecards
- KPI selection and weighting
- Balancing cost, service, risk, and sustainability metrics
- Using scorecards to drive performance conversations
Day 2
- Types of supply chain risks: operational, financial, geopolitical, ESG
- Risk exposure and impact assessment
- Early warning indicators and blind spots
- Lessons from recent disruptions
- Risk mapping and heat maps
- Supplier risk indicators and data sources
- Quantitative vs qualitative risk assessment
- Limitations of risk scoring models
- Preventive vs reactive risk strategies
- Dual sourcing, buffers, contracts, and collaboration
- Crisis response and escalation protocols
- Embedding risk thinking into procurement governance
Day 3
- Overview of key ESG concepts and terminology
- Relevant ESG frameworks and regulatory expectations
- Integrating ESG into supplier evaluation and selection
- Trade-offs between cost, risk, and sustainability
- Designing supplier ESG scorecards
- Monitoring ESG performance and compliance
- Digital tools for supplier risk and ESG tracking (conceptual overview)
- Supplier collaboration and continuous improvement
- Module review & assessment
- Structured recap of key frameworks and concepts
- Open Q&A and clarification
- Individual assessment consisting of MCQs, short questions, applied questions, and organisational reflection
Assessment
- In-class participation
- Individual assessment
- Group work