Category Management Fundamentals | Category Management Fundamentals Training

Category Management Fundamentals is designed for managers and members of staff involved in procurement who wish to learn an effective approach to organising and focusing resources.

This 1-day course will introduce you to the basic tools and methodologies used within category management to help ensure organisational success.

Learning the key concepts behind Category Management, you’ll be able to understand its benefits as well as the steps involved in enacting it, helping you to optimise your contracts and achieve better business value.

On completion, you may wish to undergo further Category Management training. We recommend our Advanced Category Management course to gain a more in-depth understanding of the topic.

The course is open to everyone and there are no prerequisites.

The course is intended for anyone who requires a basic understanding of Category Management, including category managers and staff new to the topic, managers whose role supports it, and stakeholders who require a high-level understanding of the topic from a strategic viewpoint.

The course consists of 1 day of instructor-led classroom training. Our training incorporates team exercises and interactive demonstrations to ensure that you learn as much as possible and are ready to take back your knowledge and apply it to the workplace.. There is no exam.

At the end of the course, you will understand:

• How Category Management can be used to aid procurement
• How Category Management fits into the contract lifecycle
• The roles within Category Management
• How to apply key Category Management Techniques to optimise business
• How the steps in the Category Management process fit together