Negotiation is a crucial phase in the purchasing process, which the purchaser is in charge of. How do you properly prepare for negotiations, better identify your supplier and its offerings, spot tools for negotiation, and define objectives and a strategy consistent with those of your company? By carefully balancing technical knowledge and communication to achieve a successful purchasing deal. This training will help you acquire best practices for doing so.
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2d - 14h
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Negotiation is a crucial phase in the purchasing process, which the purchaser is in charge of. How do you properly prepare for negotiations, better identify your supplier and its offerings, spot tools for negotiation, and define objectives and a strategy consistent with those of your company? By carefully balancing technical knowledge and communication to achieve a successful purchasing deal. This training will help you acquire best practices for doing so.
Intended audience
Buyers, purchasing or business negotiators, purchasing managers, procurement.
Prerequisites
No particular knowledge.
Course schedule
Negotiation and procurement process
The 5 steps of purchasing process : define business needs, develop procurement strategy, evaluate and select suppliers,
Identify the business requirement : standard or specific procurement, strategic purchases… and the consequences on negot
Fundamentals on purchasing negotiation
Presentation of the negotiations steps
Stakes and targets
The different actors and their relationships
The main families of strategies
Exercise
Each participant gives a briefing about a real negotiating situation. The other participants and the trainer help preparing the session.
Method for successful negotiations
Check list for preparation : What is a stake?, Outline and prioritize objectives, Evaluate the balance of power, Analyse
• Lead and manage the negotiation
Order of presentation of clauses
Understand the communication process: verbal and
Close the deal : Moments and signs to conclude, Formalize an agreement, Open to the future
Case study
Different cases will be prepared with the methodology and tools discovered and performed. During the debriefing session, the trainer will focus en behavioral aspects
Identify your personal communication profile for better negotiations
The different types of negotiators, Identify your own style
Identify your personal communication profile: DISC assessment, VAK model
Adapt your communication to the suppliers’ profiles
Develop assertive behaviour
Exercise
Behavioral pattern to discover personal communication profile
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Remote class
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