ITIL® 4 Practitioner: Supplier Management

1 Day (7 hours)

This module focuses on how to ensure that the organization’s suppliers and their performances are managed appropriately to support the seamless provision of quality products and services. This includes creating an optimized sourcing strategy, as well as closer, more collaborative relationships with key suppliers to uncover and realize new value and reduce the risk of failure.

The ITIL 4 Practitioner: Supplier Management practice module is for IT professionals who want to prove and validate their skills in this specific practice area. The individuals can demonstrate their understanding and application of the key concepts, principles, value and challenges of the practice at both strategic and operational levels, maximizing value of the Supplier Management practice in their everyday work.

This course will help you to:

• Ensure the effective use of third-party services by establishing a common approach to sourcing strategy and managing supplier relationships 
• Maintain a single point of control on active and planned supplier contracts and services 
• Define strategies for the use of suppliers’ and partners’ services, to evaluate and select suppliers, and to ensure that consumed services meet or exceed agreed service levels, the cost of the consumed services is optimal, and associated risks are understood and controlled 
• Improve customer satisfaction and loyalty 
• Measure, assess and develop the Supplier Management practice capability in their organization by using the ITIL Maturity Model. 

Audience:

• Everyone having an ITIL certification

Prerequisite:

For taking the exam, a candidate must have passed the ITIL 4 Foundation certification or ITIL® V3 Foundation examination.

Course material:

Official course material will be delivered digital and consist of:

• Course material 
• ITIL Practice guide for Supplier Management

CONTENT

1. Understand the key concepts of the practice
2. Understand the processes of the practice
3. Understand the roles and competences of the practice
4. Understand how information and technology support and enable the practice
5. Understand the role of partners and suppliers in the practice
6. Understand how the ITIL capability model can
   be used to develop the practice
7. Understand how the ITIL guiding principles
   support the practice.