Being a buyer today means much more than negotiating prices! Between risk management, CSR objectives and the digitalisation of processes, the challenges are multiplying. Test your knowledge with our mini-quiz and identify the skills you need to develop.
Buyers, would you like to know more about key skills?
A successful buyer combines solid technical skills with human and strategic qualities to make an effective contribution to the company's objectives.
What are the major trends reshaping the profession? What skills are essential? And how can they be developed?
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What training is available for buyers?
General training or targeted training?
In some cases, a broad-based training is more appropriate: internal mobility, non-buyers involved in purchasing. It makes it possible to solid foundations The course covers a wide range of topics: business vocabulary, stages in the purchasing process, the role of the buyer, legal, economic and logistical issues. It is an ideal gateway to understanding the entire value chain.
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Discover the training programme The keys to the purchasing function.
But it may also be more appropriate to prioritise actions according to profiles (operational, strategic, experts) and the company's objectives. Training courses should therefore be targeted: negotiation techniques, responsible purchasing, mastery of digital tools or analysis of supplier performance.
For example: do you want to improve your company's overall performance through responsible purchasing? This involves integrating social, environmental and ethical criteria into purchasing decisions to reduce risks, stimulate innovation with suppliers and strengthen the brand image.
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Discover the training programme Responsible purchasing: reconciling purchasing performance and CSR issues.
