Online Course – Google’s Certified Professional Specialization in Advanced Global Procurement and Supplier Sourcing, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Upgrade your purchasing knowledge. Master strategies for managing a world-class purchasing organization.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת ברכש ומקורות ספקים גלובליים מתקדמים של Google

Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Operating in the post-Corona era
  • Understand how to create partnerships with world-class suppliers
  • Minimize risks through hedging on commodities and currencies
  • Leverage technology to make yourself and your organization more efficient
  • Understand sustainability issues
  • Understand Social and Governance (ESG)
  • Run a diverse program for suppliers
  • Solve questions from “real” life cases

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Purchasing Manager
  • Purchasing Department Manager
  • Supply Manager
  • Supplier Partnership Manager
  • Procurement Project Manager
  • Procurement Consultant
  • Procurement Analyst
  • Procurement Risk Manager
  • Purchasing Technology Manager
  • Sustainability Manager in Procurement

Internship – Series of 7 courses

This specialization is designed for individuals with experience in procurement who are interested in developing the skills to manage a world-class procurement department. Over seven (7) courses, you will learn how to manage an efficient and effective procurement organization.

The internship will help you:

  • Acting in the post-Corona era
  • Understand how to create partnerships with world-class suppliers
  • Minimize risks through hedging on commodities and currencies
  • Leverage technology to make yourself and your organization more efficient

In addition, we will address special topics such as:

  • Sustainability
  • Social and Governance (ESG) Responsibility
  • Running a diverse program for suppliers

Additional reading material will be provided to reinforce your knowledge.

Hands-on Learning Project

In addition to videos, readings, and frequent assessments, learners will use the new knowledge and skills they acquire to solve questions from “real” life cases. These cases are a requirement and will be reviewed by a group of students’ peers.

All of these items will allow you to acquire new skills that will help you understand, manage, and lead a world-class procurement organization.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction and course model

Course 1 • 2 hours • 4.1 (15 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Introduction to lecturer, Don Klock, and Rutgers University.
  • An overview of the topics that will be discussed in the internship.
  • A review of the key points of the first internship at Coursera.
  • A short test to test general knowledge in the field.
  • Review of the key learning materials.

Purchasing organizations

Course 2 • 4 hours

What you’ll learn

  • Integrating purchasing in the business and with suppliers.
  • Overview of different types of purchasing organizations.
  • Management of policies and procedures.
  • Establishing key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • The role of talent in the procurement organization.

Global Procurement in a Post-Corona World

Course 3 • 4 hours

What you’ll learn

  • Logic and challenges of purchasing worldwide.
  • Lessons from the Corona virus and its impact on supply chains.
  • Risk Mitigation Strategies: China +1, Nearshore and Offshore.
  • Total cost of ownership (TCO).

Partnerships with suppliers

Course 4 • 2 hours

What you’ll learn

  • The importance of partnerships with suppliers.
  • A “real life” model of partnership.

Growth in the Kabbalah and Currency Fluctuations

Course 5 • 2 hours

What you’ll learn

  • What is growth and how to use it as a risk management tool.
  • Currency risk management.
  • Practical examples and recommendations for action.

Leveraging technology to achieve results

Course 6 • 3 hours

What you’ll learn

  • Technological solutions in the field of purchasing.
  • Overview of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
  • Procurement-to-payment solutions.
  • New digital technologies (AI, ML, RPA).

Special topics and internship summary

Course 7 • Hour

What you’ll learn

  • The role of procurement in addressing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
  • Supplier diversification and its importance.
  • Review of all specializations in preparation for the final exam.
  • Final test with 40 American questions.

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