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Procurement & SCM Training

Build Resilient Supply Chains. Procure Smarter.

Procurement and supply chain failures are among the most common causes of project delays and cost overruns. Material shortages, vendor non-performance, and logistics breakdowns can bring even the best-planned projects to a standstill. Building a capable, well-trained procurement function is essential for organizations that need to deliver on time.

We provide specialized Procurement and Supply Chain Management Training for EPC and project-driven organizations across the globe. Backed by over 25 years of industry experience, our programs cover every stage of the procurement process — from vendor pre-qualification and tendering to expediting, logistics, and supplier performance management. Each course builds the core competencies of procurement engineers, supply chain managers, and materials professionals.

Our ultimate goal is to strengthen your organization’s procurement capability and supply chain resilience. We do this by designing and delivering customized training programs aligned with best international practices, ensuring participants gain practical skills to procure efficiently, manage vendors effectively, and keep projects supplied on schedule.

Over the past years, we have successfully conducted programs in all critical areas of procurement and supply chain management. Our clients include leading EPC contractors, project owners, and original equipment manufacturers operating across multiple sectors and geographies worldwide.

What is Procurement and SCM Training?

The procurement function has evolved well beyond transactional buying. Professionals who want to drive real value must develop skills in strategic sourcing, supplier evaluation, performance management, risk management, and data-driven decision-making.
For organisations working in EPC, power, oil and gas, infrastructure, and industrial projects, this evolution is especially critical. Procurement encompasses the sourcing and management of materials, equipment, and services essential for project execution. The process demands careful navigation of long lead times, complex technical specifications, global logistics, and contractual obligations at every stage.
Our Procurement and SCM training equips your professionals with the strategic knowledge, practical tools, and commercial judgment to manage the full procurement lifecycle. This covers everything from planning and sourcing strategy through to vendor management, contract execution, supply chain risk, and performance measurement, within the specific context of large project delivery.

Who Should Attend?

This programme is designed for procurement and supply chain professionals at every level, as well as project professionals whose work regularly intersects with procurement and vendor management.

Procurement Managers and Senior Buyers

responsible for strategic sourcing and supplier selection on capital projects gain a structured framework for moving from reactive purchasing to proactive procurement strategy.

Supply Chain Managers

overseeing end-to-end material flow, logistics, and vendor performance develop the tools to manage risk, track performance, and keep supply chains aligned with project milestones.

Project Managers and Commercial Managers

who manage procurement as part of broader EPC project delivery build the commercial literacy to oversee procurement decisions that directly affect schedule and cost outcomes.

Tendering and Contracts Professionals

involved in preparing RFQs, evaluating bids, and awarding purchase contracts learn how to build better contractual protections into the procurement process before risk can materialise.

Materials Engineers and Expeditors

looking to strengthen their knowledge of project control frameworks, EVM, and performance reporting will find the curriculum directly applicable.

Finance and Cost Control Teams

tracking procurement budgets, commitments, and cash flows develop a clearer understanding of how procurement decisions translate into financial exposure and project cost. Whether you are deepening your strategic capability or building a stronger understanding of how procurement decisions drive project outcomes, this training is built for you.

Programme Curriculum

The curriculum covers the complete procurement and supply chain lifecycle for project-driven organisations. All modules are customised to your organisation’s sector, project types, and capability gaps.

Module 1: Foundations of Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Participants begin by establishing a clear understanding of what procurement actually means in an EPC context, differentiating purchasing, procurement, and strategic sourcing. The module covers the full procurement lifecycle from project planning through to contract closeout, how procurement integrates with engineering, construction, and project management, procurement organisation structures, and the key KPIs used to measure procurement performance across cost, quality, delivery, and supplier reliability.

Module 2: Procurement Planning and Strategy for Capital Projects

This module addresses the phase that determines whether procurement will support or obstruct project delivery. Topics include the critical importance of early procurement involvement in project planning, identifying long-lead items as the first step in any procurement strategy, developing a Project Procurement Plan aligned with scope, schedule, budget, and risk, making-or-buying analysis, contracting strategy selection, linking the procurement schedule to the overall project master schedule, and using the Kraljic matrix to classify materials by strategic importance.

Module 3: Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Selection

Participants learn what strategic sourcing means in a capital project context and how it differs fundamentally from routine purchasing. The module covers developing sourcing strategies, including single source, dual source, and competitive bidding, preparing technical specifications and scope of supply documents, vendor pre-qualification, including financial stability and HSE compliance assessment, RFQ and RFP preparation, bid evaluation methodology, negotiation strategy covering price, lead time, warranty and payment terms, and the structure and risks of Letters of Intent and Purchase Orders.

Module 4: Vendor Management and Supplier Performance

Setting up a vendor management framework for EPC projects is the focus of this module. Participants learn vendor performance monitoring through scorecards and structured reviews, the different types of expediting and how to escalate effectively for critical-path vendors, third-party inspection and quality surveillance planning, managing vendor documentation including Material Document Registers, Inspection Test Plans, and Factory Acceptance Tests, how to handle vendor non-performance through contractual remedies and escalation, and how to build long-term supplier relationships that reduce project risk over time.

Module 5: Supply Chain Risk Management

Supply chain risk can materialise as quality failures, compliance breaches, and financial defaults at any point in the project lifecycle. This module builds a robust approach to identifying, assessing, and responding to supply chain risk from the planning phase onwards. Topics include risk categories across supplier, logistics, geopolitical, regulatory, technical, and financial dimensions, long lead item identification and tracking, single-source risk mitigation strategies, managing global supply chain complexity including international sourcing and customs, contingency planning for supply disruptions, and building a supply chain risk register with clear ownership and review cadence.

Module 6: Logistics, Import, and Materials Management

This module covers the physical side of procurement: freight and logistics planning for large projects across sea, air, and land transport, understanding Incoterms and how they allocate risk and cost between buyer and seller, import documentation and customs clearance for project materials in India, handling heavy lifts and over-dimensional cargo, site materials management including receipt, inspection, storage, and preservation, and inventory management principles for project sites to avoid both shortages and excess.

Module 7: Procurement for Subcontracts and Services

Procuring services and subcontracts requires a different approach to goods procurement. This module covers preparing effective scopes of work for service contracts, subcontractor evaluation and selection, structuring subcontract commercial provisions, managing subcontractor performance and change, ensuring back-to-back flow-down of main contract obligations, and the procedures required for clean subcontract closeout including final accounts and retention release.

Module 8: Digital Procurement and AI Tools

The final module addresses how technology is changing procurement practice. Participants learn about e-procurement platforms and digital sourcing tools, how ERP systems support procurement tracking and reporting, procurement analytics including spend analysis and supplier benchmarking, and how AI tools are being applied to procurement today in supplier screening, contract risk flagging, and spend visibility. Practical use cases that procurement professionals can implement immediately are demonstrated throughout.

Our Training Approach

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Built From 25 Years on Real Projects

Most procurement training teaches theory derived from general commercial environments. Our training is built from direct experience managing procurement and supply chain functions on major EPC, power, and infrastructure projects at organisations including L&T Institute of Project Management, Tata Projects, GMR Energy, Alstom Projects India, and Dodsal Engineering in Dubai. When Rajeev Sharma explains how to manage a vendor who is three weeks late on a critical rotating equipment delivery, he is drawing on real decisions made on real projects, not textbook scenarios.

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EPC-Specific, Not Generic

Every case study, every tool, and every framework in our programme is calibrated to the realities of EPC, power, oil and gas, and infrastructure project delivery. Participants do not need to mentally translate generic content to their own context. The programme is already built around it.

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Customised to Your Organisation

No two procurement teams face identical challenges. An EPC contractor managing multi-billion rupee projects in the power sector has different training needs from a project owner managing capital expenditure programmes. We begin every engagement by understanding your organisation's procurement environment and tailor the programme accordingly.

04

Immediate, Practical Application

Our goal is behaviour change, not just knowledge transfer. Every session is designed so participants can apply what they learn the following week, whether that is restructuring a vendor evaluation scorecard, improving RFQ specification quality, or building a supply chain risk register for their next project.

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Delivery formats & typical durations

In-person / Classroom

Instructor-led at your office or training venue

Online / Virtual Live

Interactive sessions via Zoom or MS Teams

Blended Learning

Pre-work, live sessions, and post-training resources

Modular Delivery

Individual modules delivered separately over weeks or months

Duration: 2 to 5 days depending on scope. Individual modules can be delivered as standalone half-day or full-day sessions.
Group Size: Ideal for groups of 10 to 30 participants.
Certificate: All participants receive a certificate of completion from RKS Trainings. Programme content aligns with internationally recognised procurement competency frameworks including CIPS and ASCM.

Training Programmes at a Glance

Programme
 
 
Duration
 
 
Best For
 
 
Procurement Fundamentals for EPC Projects
 
 
2 Days
 
 
Buyers and engineers new to procurement
 
 
Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management
 
 
2 Days
 
 
Procurement managers and senior buyers
 
 
Supply Chain Risk Management
 
 
1 to 2 Days
 
 
SCM teams, project leads, risk managers
 
 
Vendor Management and Expediting
 
 
1 Day
 
 
Expeditors, materials engineers, site teams
 
 
Procurement for Project Managers
 
 
1 Day
 
 
PMs who manage procurement as part of delivery
 
 
Logistics and Import Management
 
 
1 Day
 
 
Logistics teams and import coordinators
 
 
Comprehensive Procurement and SCM Programme
 
 
4 to 5 Days
 
 
Full team upskilling across all modules
 
 

 

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4.9 Rated

Rated 4.9 out of 5

“Prof. Rajeev Sharma brought his unique perspective to life through many interactive examples from his diversified experience in the EPC and SCM field. At least five individuals from my department joined the course and we benefited immensely by his simplistic approach to explaining the most complex concepts.”

Mr. Sameer Gupta

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering

5.0 Rated

Rated 5 out of 5

“Your expertise and dedication have been invaluable in enhancing my understanding of procurement and supply chain management. Your ability to present real-world scenarios and practical solutions truly enriched the learning experience.”

Mr. Darshan Rawat

 Senior Manager, Procurement, Veolia India

5.0 Rated

Rated 4.9 out of 5

“The procurement training was valuable for the SCM procurement professional. The exercises, case studies, and interactive activities were excellent. I strongly believe that my team gained vast knowledge on the subject. Highly recommended.”

Mr. Abhinav Kherkar

Sr. Manager, Procurement, Veolia India

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Transform Procurement From a Cost Centre to a Competitive Advantage

In EPC and project-driven organisations, procurement is not about buying things cheaply. It is about making the right sourcing decisions early, building supplier relationships that withstand pressure, managing risk before it becomes a crisis, and ensuring every material and service delivered to the site supports, rather than threatens, project success.
That is the capability RKS Trainings builds.
If you are ready to invest in a procurement and supply chain team that delivers at the level your projects demand, we are ready to help.
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Frequently asked question

Yes. Both project owners managing capital expenditure programmes and EPC contractors managing multi-tier supply chains benefit significantly. The training covers both the buyer's and supplier's perspectives, and case studies are drawn from both contexts.