Purchasing ManagementLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Organizations focus on their core competences, purchasing's share of turnover increases, suppliers make an increasingly large part of the products and services offered by the organization. Suppliers play a significant role in ensuring sustainable business operations. The role of procurement in ensuring the success of the organization is emphasized.

In this course procurement management competence, entrepreneurship, innovation and work community competences, as well as internationality and communication competences are promoted and assessed.

In this course, you will familiarize yourself with the opportunities and challenges of procurement management as part of the organization's and network's business operations. You will learn to plan, analyze and develop acquisitions as part of the organization's strategic management in the manner required by sustainable development. You will learn how to develop cooperative relationships between different actors. You will develop your capabilities to renew business models and develop the network's competitiveness.

Content

The main themes in the course are the role of purchasing in business, analysis and development of purchasing in accordance with the organization's strategy, management and development of supplier relations, development of cooperation and joint development, as well as sustainable development and digitalization in purchasing.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You recognize the opportunities and challenges of purchasing management as part of the organization's and network's business. You know how to plan, analyze and develop acquisitions as part of the organization's strategic management in the manner required by sustainable development. You know how to develop cooperative relationships between different operators. Your own capabilities to renew business models and develop the network's competitiveness.