Vendor Performance and Procurement Insights
Focused on the intersection of spend management and predictive analytics, this course teaches how to evaluate vendor risk and procurement effectiveness. It provides the tools necessary to optimize supply chain decisions through data-backed insights.
£320
Certified Procurement Analytics Specialist
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Vendor Performance and Procurement Insights: the short answers
- What is Vendor Performance and Procurement Insights?
- Focused on the intersection of spend management and predictive analytics, this course teaches how to evaluate vendor risk and procurement effectiveness. It provides the tools necessary to optimize supply chain decisions through data-backed insights.
- Who is Vendor Performance and Procurement Insights for?
- It is pitched at Foundation level for Procurement Data Scientists working in Data Science & Big Data Analytics, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Vendor Performance and Procurement Insights take?
- Around 18 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Procurement Analytics Specialist, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £320 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Clean and reconcile large procurement datasets
- Calculate vendor performance key indicators
- Perform comparative cost-benefit analysis of suppliers
- Identify procurement risks in dynamic supply chains
- Automate procurement reporting dashboards
Written by Sarah Jenkins, Procurement Analytics Director. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Procurement Analytics Specialist, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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