Vendor Relationship Management

Robert Greene, Professor, Niagara College
Wednesday, December 6th, 2011
12:30pm-1:30pm Eastern Time

The PMAC Partnership, a partnership between the National office and the Provincial and Territorial Institutes of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada, invites you to participate in a webinar (online conference) titled “Vendor Relationship Management,” to be held on Tuesday December 6th, 2011, from 12:30pm-1:30pm (Eastern Time, US & Canada).

About The Webinar

This webinar will discuss and explore the significance of creating, building and maintaining effective and ethical supply chain relationships with vendors. Participants will study the different processes and strategies involved in vendor relationship management, and explore how vendor relationships are leveraged, and how they play a pivotal role in day-to-day supply chain management.

During this webinar we will explore

• Examples of different types of strategic vendor relationships
• Practical purchasing applications with vendor relations
• Effective SVRM (Strategic Vendor Relationship Models)
• Drawbacks and warning signs of vendor relationships
• Sourcing and building better vendor partnerships
• Ethical, international, cultural and other challenges with vendor relationships
• Maintaining and building successful domestic and international relationships
• Conflict management techniques with vendor relationships

About The Speaker

Robert Greene is a tenured business professor at Niagara College who has business diplomas from Seneca College, a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University, and an MBA from the University of Calgary. Robert Greene also runs his own consulting practice providing operations management solutions, and seminars and workshops for domestic and international companies. Robert has had the great fortune of travelling and working abroad, and has enjoyed working with clients across Canada and in China. He has also gained recognition as a knowledgeable, enthusiastic and progressive facilitator, providing numerous online and in-class workshops and courses for the Ontario Institute of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada.

Information and Registration

This webinar costs $120 for PMAC members, and $145 for non-members, plus applicable sales tax. If you are a Supply Chain Management Professional designation holder with PMAC, you may be eligible for continuous professional development maintenance credits.

Please register on our website.

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