ADR Learning provides world class tailored training solutions to procurement professionals in large and small companies. With over 20 years experience our motivational approach is proven, effective and endorsed by our clients and has both UK and US procurement institutes accreditation. Our flexible learning programmes are built around real world experience, innovative thinking and a results-driven attitude.
At the core of all ADR's Learning programmes is a knowledge base built-up over 20 years at the leading edge of procurement practice. We use this knowledge to form the basis of our extensive training course programme and development activity.
All our training is aimed to transfer real-life working expertise into our client companies, to enpower them with the knowledge they need to achieve their individual and business related goals.
Competency Profiling
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Your Need
A detailed understanding of the competencies required for each procurement job type in your business.
Our Objective
To provide a detailed competency profile for each procurement job type within the strategic sourcing process.
What we do
We evaluate the current procurement roles and responsibilities, identify the required skills at each stage and by spend type.
What you get
Competency mapping of your procurement roles.
Past Clients
Reckitt, Benickiser, Novelis, Pfizer and many others.
To gain an understanding of the current capability of your procurement team as measured against best practice.
Our Objective
To provide skills analysis across a procurement organisation quickly, professionally, efficiently and at a lower cost than traditional approaches.
What we do
Our web-based tool, DNA (Development Needs Analysis) provides insights into team strengths and targeted training requirements, to avoid "one size fits all" learning.
What you get
Personal Development Plans for individuals and a Business Progression Plan detailing skills gaps by geography and category specialism.
Past Clients
Cable and Wireless, Total, Geest, Haldex and many others.
To build a procurement team with world-class procurement skills.
Our Objective
To provide skills training that enthuses delegates and provides them with pragmatic new ways of working that can be used by them in the business on a day-to-day basis.
What we do
Using a blended learning approach including interactive workshops, e-learning modules, web casts, clinics and surgeries we provide high quality and fit for purpose training intervention.
What you get
A world class training experience.
Past Clients
Nokia, Metropolitan Police, GE, BP, SCA and many others.
To embed world-class procurement skills in your procurement team so that they become the day-to-day way of working.
Our Objective
Working alongside your team to embed the skills learnt in skills training we aim to deliver significant cost and value benefits to maximise the ROI from your training investment.
What we do
Provide one-to-one or small group coaching/mentoring to your procurement team on real life category projects to assist them in applying their new skills in their day-to-day procurement activity.
What you get
Embeded learning and significant cost and value benefits with a positive ROI for your training investment.
Past Clients
BP, Met Police, Tiger Brands, Maple Leaf Foods, FKI and many others.
You wish to outsource all aspects of the development and training of your procurement team to an external expert.
Our Objective
To provide a full service assess-develop-assess development programme that meets your business needs and equips your procurement team with world-class tactical, strategic and behaviourial procurement skills.
What we do
Provide an end-to-end process for all your procurement training and development needs.
What you get
A cost effective outsourced training and development solution for your procurement needs and highly skilled team deliverying additional cost and value benefits.
You view procurement as a strategic imperative and wish to attract, retain and motivate a high level procurement team with world-class procurement and behaviourial skills.
Our Objective
To provide an end-to-end Talent Management process that delivers a highly skilled, motivated, flexible and professional procurement team that delivers substantial cost and value benefits.
What we do
We introduce and embed a talent management process in your business that links your strategic business needs with the development, retention and motivational needs of your procurement team. The focus of development is on behaviourial skills as well as the technical procurement skills.
What you get
A talent management process that the procurement team will understand, respect and work within.
Past Clients
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"Regardless of cultural and language differences, with ADR's help, we restructured and refocused the purchasing department, clearly defined tasks and objectives, introduced the appropriate purchasing and supply processes and developed the purchasing skill base of the procurement team"
Head of International Production, Bally Shoes, Switzerland