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Supply Management Academy

Practical, Real Impact. Tailored to Your Organization’s Needs.

The Vantage Supply Management Academy is designed to enable your organization's supply management team to be more effective — and deliver competitive advantage to their organizations. We apply Vantage best practices and frameworks tailored to each client. We continually assess learning and measure business impact.

Vantage weaves professional development into participants' busy schedules. Instead of taking executives away from their work to learn, Vantage's Supply Management Academy helps them immediately apply strategies and skills to accomplish their work in new and innovative ways.

Framework for Defining Future Competencies

Supply Management Academy Topics

No two organizations are the same — their supply management training shouldn't be either. Starting with the same principles and philosophy, the Supply Management Academy is then tailored specifically to your needs. Available topics include:

  • Category Strategy Development
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Negotiation
  • Risk Management
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • Strategic Thinking and Problem-solving
  • Stakeholder Influence
  • Effective Communication and Storytelling with Data
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Navigating and Leading Change
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We Can Help You Unlock Supply Management Value

Leading companies realized, on average, 63% more of the value they target through strategic sourcing. Vantage training helped equip their people to think and act more strategically, to collaborate more effectively with internal business partners, and to more successfully negotiate and manage relationships with suppliers. 

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Global Learning. Local Instructors.

Wherever your people are, Vantage training teams are there, ready to deliver.

20+ languages

50+ countries

20,000+ people trained annually

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Targeted Outcomes. Tailored Learning Journeys. 

Vantage’s training approach begins with your business goals. We test proficiency against targeted competencies, identify your people’s learning needs, then integrate training modules into learning journeys that address those needs.

Tiered Training Approach

Groundbreaking Research. Best Practice Pedagogy. Decades of Supply Management Practice.

Articles by Vantage executives regularly appear in Harvard Business Review, Supply Chain Management Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and California Management Review, among other leading journals. Groundbreaking Vantage research includes our landmark SRM and Supply Management Benchmarking and Customer-Supplier Negotiation studies.

Feedback From Our Participants

I was impressed with the delivery given this is our first virtual class involving people from multiple countries. Prep work before class began was very helpful. The breakouts were good, short but that drove intensity. Never a boring second in the training. I wish we could have more time.

— Category Manager, APAC, Semiconductor Company following first program in a multi-month leadership development program

Incredibly useful instruction, coupled with tangible models and strategies.

— Sourcing Manager, North America, Manufacturing company

Trainers have a deep procurement background and experiences. Their sharing is really beneficial.

— Category Manager, North America High Tech company

Most helpful were the concepts which the instructors tie back to real world experience. Seeing a practical application helps solidify the lesson.

— Procurement Manager, North America, Life Sciences company

The course offered an interesting perspective that’s different from traditional procurement training materials.

— Participant in global procurement academy for Fortune 500 semiconductor company

The Vantage training team is spectacular in their presentation styles, and I enjoy the humor and personal anecdotes they weave into the training sessions.

— Global sourcing executive, Fortune 500 technology company

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