Professional Purchasing Project Management

337 student reviews

Do your purchasing projects suffer from delays, unpleasant surprises, and a lack of true organization? Do you wish you could build a professional project plan and then actually adhere to the plan, delighting your management? Well, you can!

Being able to consistently lead purchasing projects to successful conclusions involves learning and applying proven project management principles. Our highly personal and interactive online class "Professional Purchasing Project Management" will teach you everything you need to learn to successfully manage modern purchasing projects.

You will learn how to identify and execute the five phases of projects, plus...

• How to create a project charter that will properly set management's expectations
• How to create standard project documents like work breakdown structures and Gantt charts that help to keep your projects on track
• How to create network diagrams that will reveal realistic timelines for your projects
• How to identify the critical path of projects in order to know where the biggest risks for project delay lie
• How to identify the most significant risks facing your project
• How to develop a risk plan
• The four risk responses that are available to you
• How to use project management software to make project monitoring easier, more accurate, and less time consuming
• Tips for great delegating
• Four ways of accelerating a project
• How to properly use the terminology and apply the techniques used by experienced and certified project managers
• How to report project progress to management
• What "scope creep" is and how to avoid it

(NOTE: Prior to its recent expansion, this class was formerly entitled "Microsoft Project For Purchasing Professionals.")

Sign Up For This Online Purchasing Class

A great thing about this online class is that you are GUARANTEED to be able to apply what you learn to your work. That's right - your online learning experience is 100% risk-free. If you are not satisfied for any reason whatsoever, let us know within seven days of signing up and you will get a hassle-free refund. But you'll undoubtedly be delighted, just like this purchasing professional:

"Professional Purchasing Project Management is one of the best online courses that I have undertaken. The entire module is very well structured with excellent flow and explanations. With the number of projects that we all work in the corporate sector parallely, this is a excellent course which gives an insight and learning on managing resources, timelines while we strive to meet the project deadlines. Microsoft Project is a highly powerful tool, which, if used effectively, will lead to successful tracking of purchasing projects. I would highly recommend the usage of this tool to manage various projects. I would recommend my fellow colleagues in the industry to subscribe to this course and help manage their projects in a very professional manner." Anshuman Mishra, SPSM Assistant Vice President - Analytics - Supply Chain Services, GENPACT India Bangalore, India

Sign Up For This Online Purchasing Class

Here's how this online class works. Within 24 hours of signing up, you will receive an email containing a user name, a password, and instructions. After receiving this email, you will be able to begin the class immediately!

That's right – you start the course when YOU want to, not when a schedule demands that you start. You don't have to wait to start transforming yourself into a world-class purchasing professional. You will log into the online classroom through NextLevelPurchasing.com and will be able to access the eight lessons of the class for 60 days.

You can complete the eight lessons of the course whenever you want to, as quickly or deliberately as you would like. There is no specific time that you have to be online. Each lesson takes approximately 30 to 60 minutes to complete. You can stop after doing each lesson or take multiple (or even all) lessons at one time. So for any given time that you choose to log in to the online classroom, you might spend just 30 minutes online (to take just one lesson)or up to eight hours online (if you want to complete the entire class in one sitting). It is all up to you! By participating in these lessons, you will:

• Read powerful, practical, and easy-to-understand class material
• Engage in exciting hands-on, interactive, Web-based exercises
• Listen to optional audio clips of the material
• Watch optional video summaries of each lesson
• Take quizzes that provide you with immediate feedback
• Play a fun mid-term game to reinforce your learning
• Ask questions of our instructor and get personal responses quickly

To enhance your learning experience, we've included several optional "Extra Resources" for students enrolled in this course. We'll link you to five articles and multimedia files from leading supply chain publications around the net that expand on the subject matter covered in this course! Each full-length course includes different Extra Resources.

By enrolling in this class, you will be on your way to earning your SPSM2^® Certification. Professional Purchasing Project Management satisfies a portion of the requirements towards earning the SPSM2^® Certification.

Completing "Professional Purchasing Project Management" will award you with 8 Continuing Education Hours.* These continuing education hours will satisfy a portion of the SPSM recertification requirements. Click here for more information on SPSM recertification and other continuing education opportunities.

When you complete this class, you will receive a Certificate of Completion! This full-color purchasing certificate is sent to you by postal mail and is suitable for framing. Here's what our certificates look like:

By completing this course you will also gain access to the Lifetime Purchasing Skills Retention Package, free of charge. The Lifetime Purchasing Skills Retention Package is designed to support a lifetime return of your training investment through skills-sharpening material and services that are absolutely free. This service is available for every full-length course you complete and includes:

• Monthly retention emails which focus on important course learning objectives
• Access to a Quick Reference Guide which allows you to review key points on demand
• Invitations to quarterly review webinars

Earn an extra reward for yourself, while demonstrating your commitment to having a more rewarding career. Each month, the students completing the highest number of classes will be entered into our monthly "Dedicated Purchasing Student of the Month" drawing in which one lucky, randomly-selected winner will receive a $20 gift card to Amazon.com**! In addition, we will spotlight the winning student on our website here.

And if you sign up for this purchasing training class on or before February 29, 2012, you will get all of these bonuses:

• FREE extended access to the class until May 31, 2012 - more than 150% of the usual amount of time to access the material and ask unlimited questions!
• FREE printer-friendly, PDF version of the class material!
• FREE Purchasing Performance Measurement spreadsheet template!
• FREE access to educational Web-audio interviews with supply chain leaders!

The class and all of these bonuses are yours for only $209 (US) per student . Don't procrastinate and lose out on all of these bonuses.

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*Participants who successfully complete this program will receive the specified number of hours of continuing education. They may be applied toward Next Level Purchasing's SPSM Certification program requirements as well as ISM C.P.M. recertification and/or A.P.P. reaccreditation program requirements. ISM's consent to provide a program number for this educational event is not an endorsement of this program or its content by ISM.

** Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this promotion. Amazon, Amazon.com, and the Amazon.com logo are registered trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Amazon.com gift cards are issued by ACI Gift Cards, Inc. Restrictions apply to Amazon.com gift cards. Gift cards are redeemable only for purchases of eligible products on www.amazon.com and may not be redeemed for cash, unless prohibited by law. See www.amazon.com/gc-legal for complete terms and conditions. Next Level Purchasing will send your Amazon.com gift card by email approximately 8-12 days after you enroll.