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Workshop

Procurement Negotiations

Profitia's flagship negotiation workshop. We teach advanced negotiation techniques adapted to procurement: Harvard method, interest-based negotiation, managing supplier manipulation techniques, building BATNA and factual argumentation.

Procurement negotiations are too often treated as the art of improvisation. They are the science of structural preparation.

Problem

Where organisations get stuck

  1. Reactive and intuitive approach to supplier negotiations

  2. Susceptibility to manipulation techniques used by suppliers

  3. No structure and confidence in difficult negotiations

Approach

How engagements work

  1. 01

    Harvard method theory and interest-based negotiation principles

  2. 02

    Negotiation simulations with feedback

  3. 03

    Manipulation technique analysis and counter-strategies

  4. 04

    Case studies from participants' industries

Results

What changes operationally

  1. 01

    Mastered key negotiation techniques

  2. 02

    Ability to recognise and counter manipulation techniques

  3. 03

    Confidence and structure in any procurement negotiation

Format

Engagement format
1-2 day workshop; in-company or open programme. Advanced version available (day 3).
Capability area
Workshop

See also

Related areas

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Let's talk about what this looks like in your organisation.