Implement responsible purchasing
Securing supplies and creating value
Sustainability is an essential component of a long-term purchasing strategy. It applies to processes and governance as well as to the individual behaviour of purchasers. Purchasers need to acquire new reflexes and master the methodological resources at their disposal in order to formalise and implement a responsible purchasing approach.
Goals
- Summarise the key sustainability issues related to procurement
- Explain the key role of the procurement function in implementing CSR in light of regulations and stakeholder expectations
- Explain the practical use of the main tools and methods of responsible procurement in relation to suppliers, products and commercial practices
- Question your own procurement practices
- Distinguish between a passive and a proactive approach that allows the issue to be raised internally
Program
SUSTAINABILITY, A STRATEGIC FOCUS FOR THE PURCHASING FUNCTION
- Our development model and planetary boundaries, mobilising stakeholders for sustainable development, corporate commitment: from CSR compliance to changing business models and the evolving reference framework.
SUPPLIER SELECTION AND SUPPORT
- Mapping supplier risks, risk management and mitigation, monitoring and supporting supplier performance, the buyer’s position with suppliers.
THE RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING APPROACH
- Needs analysis, a comprehensive approach to the life cycle of products and services, reducing overall negative impacts, eco-design, the circular economy, decision-making tools, total cost of ownership, collaboration and innovation.
GOOD BUSINESS PRATICES FOR MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS
- Contractual clauses and compliance with the contract, good practices for awarding contracts, building a relationship of trust, use of the protected sector and local employment.
FRAMING AND CLARIFYING YOUR RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING APPROACH
- Mapping your purchasing challenges and taking stakeholders into account, building a responsible purchasing policy and defining your strategy in line with your CSR strategy, establishing governance and management, defining a commitment plan.
BE A CONTRIBUTOR TO CHANGE
- Identify the barriers to change specific to responsible purchasing, identify allies and objectors, and identify the right levers for internal mobilisation.
The advantages of the training
- Responsible purchasing timeline
- Quizzes
- Role-playing exercises
- Small group workshops
- Self-assessment grid
Who is the training intended for?
- Managing directors, purchasing managers
- Purchasers
- Purchasing department
Prerequisites
- This training course does not require any specific prerequisites.
Evaluation methods
- Pre-training self-assessment questionnaire and collection of expectations;
- Formative and summative assessments during and at the end of the training;
- Measurement of satisfaction and progress through a post-training self-assessment;
- Evaluation of the training’s impact two months later.