Procurement training courses for your team
Our procurement training courses give your team practical skills they can use straight away, from negotiation and category management to contract management, supplier relationships and the Procurement Act 2023. Every course is tailored to your organisation, sector and team, and we deliver wherever suits you: at your premises, at one of our training venues, or live online.
Courses run as standalone workshops or as part of a tailored development programme, and every one is led by experienced procurement practitioners.
Our procurement and supply chain skills courses
Choose from 15 practical workshops, from negotiation and contract management to the Procurement Act 2023, sustainability and leadership.
Negotiation Skills for Procurement
A practical workshop focused on preparation, structure and control. Learners build a negotiation plan and trading matrix, then practise handling pressure, concessions and difficult conversations through role-play.
Contract Management and Supplier Performance
Make contracts work in practice, not just on paper. Covers KPIs and SLAs, governance routines, performance reviews, escalation and managing underperformance, with a supplier review pack to take away.
Procurement Act 2023
Practical training on the Procurement Act 2023, which replaced the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in February 2025. Learn what has changed and what it means for how your team plans, procures and manages public contracts.
Procurement Fundamentals
A practical introduction to the procurement lifecycle for new starters and anyone with purchasing responsibility. Learners build confidence in defining requirements, choosing the right route to market and running simple sourcing with the right controls.
Category Management Essentials
Move from reactive buying to a structured category approach. Learners practise spend and market analysis, segmentation and prioritisation, and turn insight into a practical category strategy.
Stakeholder Engagement and Influencing
Procurement results depend on people. Learn to engage stakeholders early, gain buy-in and influence without authority, and build a stakeholder map and engagement plan for a live project.
Commercial and Financial Skills
Improve commercial decision-making and confidence with pricing and cost drivers. Covers total cost of ownership, cost modelling, should-cost thinking and how to evidence savings and value.
Sustainable Procurement
Build sustainability into the way you buy. Covers ESG and the triple bottom line, environmental impact, regulation, and using KPIs, audits and supplier appraisal to measure and report performance.
Supplier Relationship Management
Build supplier relationships that deliver more than the contract. Covers SRM strategy, collaborative working, supplier development and keeping SRM going over time, with a practical toolkit for supplier reviews.
Sourcing and Tendering in Practice
Build and run better tenders with a clear, defensible process. Covers structuring RFIs, RFPs and RFQs, setting evaluation criteria, managing clarifications and documenting decisions properly.
Specification Writing
Write specifications that say exactly what the business needs. Covers specification types, working with stakeholders, and linking requirements to KPIs, SLAs and the contract to reduce ambiguity.
Procurement Project Management
Run procurement projects with confidence in cross-functional teams. Covers project tools, risk, stakeholders, the critical path and value engineering, using case studies and work simulations.
Ethics, Compliance and Governance
Run robust, fair and auditable procurement activity. Covers conflicts of interest, transparency, approvals, documentation standards and common risk points, with a clear governance checklist to take away.
Ethical Procurement
Make sourcing decisions that are fair, consistent and defensible. Covers selection and award criteria, assessing tenders, e-sourcing, sector regulation, and international ethical standards and CSR.
Leadership and Management
Leadership and management training for procurement and supply teams. Tell us what your managers and team leaders need, and we'll design a course or programme around it.
Not sure which course your team needs?
Tell us about your team and what you want to achieve, and we'll recommend the right course or build a programme around you. Every course can be combined, shortened or extended to fit your organisation.
Delivery and support
Training can be delivered wherever suits your team:
- In-house workshops at your premises, ideal for whole teams
- At one of our training venues
- Live online on Zoom or Teams, ideal for teams spread across different sites
- Blended learning, with online assignments and resources in Google Classroom
- Follow-up coaching where tailored support is needed
Every course is tailored in four steps. We diagnose your gaps, priorities and learner roles, design examples, tools and exercises around your organisation, deliver in the classroom, online or blended, and help embed the learning with action planning and takeaway toolkits. Course length depends on the course and how much tailoring you need, so tell us what you're looking for and we'll recommend the right format.
Who our training is for?
Our skills training supports procurement professionals at all stages — from those developing core capability to experienced teams strengthening strategic and commercial skills.
Every programme is designed to enable confident application of learning and deliver meaningful, lasting impact in the workplace.
Why train with The Procurement Academy
- Established in 2017, with our roots in procurement
- Experts in both public and private sector procurement
- A CIPS approved training provider and a Crown Commercial Service supplier
- Practical, interactive sessions with hands-on activities, work simulations and takeaway toolkits
- A track record with FTSE 100 companies and smaller organisations alike
- An SME, female-founded business with a practical, people-focused approach
Organisations we've worked with include Barclays, EDF Energy, Siemens, Aldi, Royal Mail, Experian, Weetabix, the Ministry of Justice and NHS Digital.
Tell us about your team, the skills you want to develop and how you'd like the training delivered, and we'll come back to you with a tailored proposal. Request a brochure using the button on this page, or get in touch to talk it through.
