Schedule
Vendor Management in Projects
Online Registration & Payment
| Date: | 27 February 2021 |
| Time: | 9:30am – 5:30pm |
| Venue: | Nil (Online Training) |
| PDU: | 7 |
| Instructor: | Mr. Alex Sin |
| Fee: | PMI HK Member: HKD 1,800 Non-PMI HK Member: HKD 2,100 |
| Remarks: | As a prevention measure against the spread of COVID-19, The training will be delivered online with Zoom (Guideline). Please contact PMI HK admin at admin@pmi.org.hk or 2784 1880 |
Synopsis
This is an intermediate-level course providing participants with the key skills for successful outsourcing and vendor management. The ability to manage vendors and third-party suppliers is essential for every manager nowadays. Projects inevitably involve equipment vendors, subcontractors or both, whereas more and more operation is outsourced to third-party service providers. It is important to excel in every aspect of a vendor management cycle starting from make-or-buy / in source-or-outsource decision, vendor identification and selection, service transition, to managing the vendor over the life of a contract. This course covers different skills required during the various phases of a procurement cycle. Participants learn from lectures, case studies, exercises and role-plays to master the knowledge and skills in working effectively with vendors to accomplish key business objectives.
Delivery Format
- Lectures, case study, group discussion
Course Outline
The Life Cycle of Outsourcing – Four-Phase Approach: Strategizing, Solicitation, Transition, Governance
- Planning procurement – why and how?
- Risk management
- Transition management
- Vendor performance management
Audiences
All project stakeholders, especially project manager
Instructor’s Profile – Mr. Alex Sin, Vice President, PMI HK
PMP®, PMI-ACP®, ITIL/ITSM® Manager
Alex Sin is an independent consultant with more than 26 years of IT experience with expertise in Consulting, Project Management and Training. He is a certified instructor in a few areas including IT, Consulting and Management Development. Alex is well equipped with Methodology to deliver IT Consulting. He is also a practitioner of PDI, MBTI and DISC well-known consulting tools.
Alex enriched his Project Management experience from large scaled projects like Libraries, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and Companies Registry. He recently completed a virtualization project for a local telecommunication company.
Alex is currently a VP Volunteer at Project Management Institute Hong Kong Chapter. Alex graduated from The University of Toronto with major in Computer Sciences and Mathematics.