Contract Management Training for Smarter Supplier Decisions
Contracts shape supplier performance and protect your business, but only if they’re managed well. This course gives procurement professionals the skills to avoid costly pitfalls, strengthen supplier accountability, and take control of the contract lifecycle with clarity and confidence.
This Learning Content Includes:
- High-impact learning
- Exams & assessments
- Simulations
- Expert Reviews
- Application based tasks
- Microlearning
- Serious games
- Webinar toolkits
Contract Management Training for Procurement Professionals Who Manage the Details That Matter
This course is designed for the professionals at the heart of procurement, operational buyers, analysts, managers, and contract leads who are responsible for keeping supplier relationships strong, compliant, and commercially sound.
Whether it's reviewing terms, managing renewals, or holding suppliers accountable to SLAs, we give your team the practical tools to manage contracts with more precision, fewer surprises, and stronger business outcomes.
Contract Management Training That Builds Control, Reduces Risk, and Improves Supplier Outcomes
Contract management isn't just about paperwork; it's a critical part of protecting commercial value, ensuring compliance, and driving supplier performance. This course equips your procurement teams with the skills to manage contracts more confidently, reduce exposure to risk, and strengthen supplier relationships at every stage of the contract lifecycle.
Master the Fundamentals of Contract and Supplier Management
- Contract Management in Practice
Learn how to manage contracts day to day, from creation to closeout. This section gives your team practical tools for reviewing terms, monitoring obligations, and avoiding costly missteps in contract execution. - Contract Administration Essentials
Equip learners with the core skills to administer contracts correctly: tracking deliverables, managing documentation, and making sure what's agreed is delivered in full, on time, and on budget. - Working with Internal Stakeholders
Strengthen cross-functional collaboration by teaching teams how to engage budget holders, legal, and operations early and keep them aligned throughout the contract lifecycle.
Strengthen Supplier Performance and Relationship Management
- Supplier Performance Management
Learn how to define, measure, and manage supplier KPIs using SMART criteria. Your team will explore availability, delivery, and quality metrics and how to use them to drive continuous improvement. - Service Level Agreements (SLA) in Action
Go beyond the theory and show your team how to create, evaluate, and enforce SLAs. This includes defining service expectations, tracking results, and applying remedies when targets aren't met. - Supplier Development Training
Explore when and how to invest in supplier development, including segmentation strategies, the PDCA cycle, and collaborative improvement plans that create long-term value.
Reduce Contract Risk and Strengthen Compliance
- Managing Contract Risk
Give your team a clear, practical approach to identifying and mitigating contract risks, from ambiguous terms to performance gaps. Learn how to challenge what's unclear, negotiate what's fair, and manage issues before they escalate. - Corporate Governance & Quality Management
Understand the three pillars of contract governance: contract admin, supplier performance, and relationship management. We also cover procurement's role in ISO standards, CAPA, and the cost of poor quality. - Sustainability, Ethics & Compliance
Equip your teams to align contracts with ESG goals, legal standards, and ethical sourcing practices, helping procurement support wider organisational priorities.
Training That Turns Contract Managers Into Strategic Risk Reducers
Strong contract and supplier management isn't just admin, it's a competitive advantage. This training builds the skills to manage supplier performance, enforce terms, and reduce commercial risk, without slowing procurement down.
Built Around Real-World Contract Challenges
From vague clauses and missed SLAs to supplier disputes and underperformance, your team will tackle the contract issues they face every day, not abstract scenarios. Each module reflects the operational realities of procurement teams managing high-value, high-risk supplier relationships.
Created by Procurement Experts, Not Legal Theorists
This course was developed by contract managers, category leads, and procurement specialists who've worked across sectors. That means practical, action-oriented guidance designed for commercial teams, not legal departments, to manage contracts confidently and compliantly.
Skills That Improve Performance from the First Module
Your team won't just learn the theory; they'll gain tools they can use right away. Whether it's building stronger SLAs, improving contract handovers, or reducing supplier risk, learners finish each section ready to apply what they've learned immediately.
Trusted by Procurement Teams Around the World
From Operational Buyers to Senior Category Managers, learners across industries say this training helped them reduce contract risks, improve supplier outcomes, and collaborate more effectively across teams and functions.
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Your Team Will Learn:
- Corporate governance
- Contract management in practice
- Supplier development in practice
- Service level agreements
- Quality management for procurement
- Supplier performance management
Suitable for the Following Roles:
Operational Buyer
Procurement Analyst
Buyer
Senior Buyer
Contract Manager
Category Manager
Procurement Manager
Support Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Real Clients. Real Teams. Real Results.
Herman Savenije
The individualized learning plans, based on a pre-assessment, enable optimal learning success.
Lindsay Jett
Skill Dynamics gives team leaders a lot of flexibility to develop each of their team members in their specific areas, or grow into new ones.
Stefan Menziger, CEO
Skill Dynamics provides exactly what is needed in the world’s changing environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Contract management is about more than signing and filing agreements. It’s the active process of ensuring supplier contracts are followed, risks are controlled, and value is delivered. From setting clear SLAs to monitoring compliance and performance, it’s a key part of operational procurement success.
This training is designed for professionals working with supplier contracts across procurement and supply chain roles. That includes Operational Buyers, Procurement Analysts, Contract Managers, Category Managers, and Quality Assurance leads anyone responsible for making sure contracts are delivered as agreed.
Yes. We cover the full lifecycle from writing stronger SLAs to tracking KPIs and managing non-compliance. Learners will walk away with a clear framework for driving accountability, improving communication, and stepping in when supplier standards slip.
Absolutely. We go beyond theory to show how to apply tools like contract registers, risk logs, and supplier scorecards. We also cover practical techniques for managing change requests, performance reviews, and dispute resolution in real-world settings.
Yes. By showing teams how to spot vague clauses, enforce terms, and manage supplier underperformance, the course helps reduce the risk of delays, cost overruns, and commercial disputes. It’s designed for prevention, not just damage control.
Yes. Every learner who completes the training receives a Skill Dynamics certification, demonstrating their competence in contract and supplier management, a valuable credential for both individual development and team capability tracking.
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Sustainability should be built into everyday procurement decisions. This competency helps learners embed ESG thinking into sourcing strategies, supplier choices, and cost evaluations - without compromising value or resilience.
Category Management Training
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Develop the skills and knowledge to administer contracts and manage contract risks, work effectively with key stakeholders and improve overall supplier performance.
Digital Procurement
Understand how the latest digital technologies are enabling high-performing procurement teams to reduce administration, increase compliance and improve spend under management.
Legal and Regulatory
Master the legal and regulatory frameworks that impact organizations every day from contract laws, guidelines and regulations that govern buying goods, works and services from your suppliers.
Negotiation
Develop the critical skills procurement professionals need to succeed at the negotiating table, master the core strategies and principles and leverage the latest behavioral techniques such as cognitive bias, Game Theory and NLP.
Procurement Strategy
Understand how to develop a procurement vision and mission statement that delivers sustainable value and learn how to turn your vision into a functioning strategy.
Sourcing
Develop the critical skills, know-how and techniques to master sourcing from running RFI and RFP’s to conducting market analysis, selecting suppliers and managing projects.
Finance Management Training
Learn how to effectively plan, manage, and control business costs through a cost management system. Develop a total cost of ownership approach and understand how to calculate cost breakdowns.
Operational Procurement
Understand the Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, achieving compliance targets by reducing “Maverick Buying”, learn how to improve cost per transaction and use tools such as e-procurement, VMI and purchase cards.
Project Management
Understand the critical role of the project manager in forming a highly optimized procurement team. Learn about building time and resource plans, project governance, business cases, establishing project controls and effective stakeholder management.
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