Innovative Supplier Relationship Management Practices
Executive Ed Course | This program is completed
Supplier relationship management (SMR) and supplier enabled innovation (SEI) can enable your organization to maximize the value of your organization’s interaction with its key suppliers. SRM is a procurement approach that challenges you to manage your key suppliers to unlock value and stay competitive. Based upon our research and experience we have developed a roadmap and a toolkit for moving to best in class. This course unpacks the toolkit and supports participants in the development of their own roadmap towards the frontier of best practices. Lunch and light snacks will be served.
Who Should Attend:
Procurement professionals or key stakeholders who interface with or mange suppliers in some way.
Benefits:
In this program we will unpack lessons learned as well as discuss and develop your personal plan for progress to drive next-level returns on procurement with an actionable and achievable approach.
Learning Objectives:
• Develop an understanding of SRM and SEI best practices
• Increased skills set in supply management
• Benefits of improving the supplier relationship
• Explore a toolkit for making demonstrable progress to drive and mange supplier improvements
• Develop an action plan and roadmap for your organization
Location:
Walton College at 2nd and Main, 119 Main Street, Little Rock, AR 72201
Special Note:
If you are registering more than 4 people, contact execed@walton.uark.edu for additional registration options.
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Remko Van Hoek, Ph.D.
Remko van Hoek is a clinical full professor at the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and an advisor to several companies on sourcing and procurement. He is also a visiting professor at the Cranfield School of Management in the UK and the 2018 Chair of the Board of Directors of CSCMP. He held supply chain and procurement executive roles in Europe and the US, with Nike and PwC and he was Chief Procurement Officer of the Walt Disney Company.