Higher Vocational Education Diploma - Qualified Purchaser.

Description of the programme's content and goals On completion of the programme, the student shall have knowledge of/in - Strategies for Supply Chain and purchasing - The importance of following up and analysing financial information - Sustainability and the environment, national and international standards for quality, environment and social responsibility, and the ethical issues that arise when working with purchasing/procurement - All steps of the purchasing and procurement processes - Supply Chain: purchasing, logistics, sustainability - Negotiation technique - Oral and written business communication, Swedish and English - The organisation and structure of private and public organisations - The laws governing public procurement - Different procurement procedures - Software commonly used in the profession - Project management On completion of the programme, the student shall have skills in - Drawing up and formulating tender documents, including a requirements specification, as a basis for purchasing - Mapping, evaluating and developing suppliers - Evaluating and analysing tenders and drawing up and formulating purchasing agreements in accordance with current norms and legislation - Costing and budgeting with a focus on Supply Chain - Analysing, planning and implementing effective logistics solutions by applying relevant theoretical models in order to increase the organisation's profitability - Negotiating - Carrying out total cost calculations - Carrying out common tasks in the procurement of goods and services, including the differences in approach between different types of procurement - Applying knowledge of ethical, quality and environmental aspects to procurement/purchasing - Initiating and maintaining business contacts and building networks - Handling Swedish and English business communication, orally and in writing, and adapting style and level to the context - Managing projects - Developing others in day-to-day work - Using the digital tools commonly used by a purchaser On completion of the programme, the student shall have the competence to - Work with qualified and strategic issues in purchasing and procurement - Evaluate and apply methods to improve efficiency in Supply Chain management - Make the organisation more cost-effective through purchasing work - Run profitable purchasing projects, and design and communicate the best overall solution for the organisation - Strategically plan and conduct business negotiations - Carry out a procurement within the framework of current legislation - Work with the organisation's sustainability reporting and take into account the environmental and social aspects of purchasing - Carry out an investigation/project work on behalf of the organisation - Draw up legal documents commonly used in purchasing - Design and adapt summaries, reports and presentations - Create and maintain good supplier relationships - Run, lead and collaborate in development projects internally and externally, both as a participant and as a project manager