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Acquire the principles of sourcing management necessary for any digital professional and get the certification. 
Meet the experts, get the knowledge, succeed the examination: This will happen in 9 weeks starting soon

Acquire the principles of sourcing management necessary for any digital professional and get the certification. 

Meet the experts, get the knowledge, succeed the examination: This will happen in 9 weeks starting soon. 

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9

SESSIONS (INCLUDING THE EXAM)


Running on Wednesday in Q4 2020 in Virtual workshop sessions

800+

ACADEMY GRADUATES (AND COUNTING!)


Join other graduates from Solvay Executive Education in Digital Governance and Trust and build your high-performance network

100+

LECTURERS EXPERT IN THEIR DOMAINS

 

The education is moderated by a topic leader and sessions are lectured by subject matter experts

INTRODUCING
THE SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL

IT SOURCING MANAGEMENT

benefits obtained from this module

This module aims to help you learn the principles of sourcing management. 

Covering the full cycle from sourcing strategy definition to managing the relationship (including the closure/renewal, we will pass through the RFP (Request for Proposal) process and the selection of a Vendor, the contracting phase but also focusing on the transition phase).

It includes a review of common bodies of knowledge and sourcing Framework (eSCM) with practical and hands-on application based on a Case Study.

Upon success at the examination session, you will get a certificate of success  delivered by Solvay Executive Education in Sourcing Management.

Key objectives
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At the end of the module, you will be able to:

 
  • Define the sourcing strategy of a company and understand the specificities, risks, challenges, and benefits of the different sourcing alternatives.
  • Know the fundamentals on how to implement each of the lifecycle phases from supplier selection and contracting to exit strategy, through managing the contract execution and the relationship, relying on best practices and with an awareness of the major traps.
  •  Being able to use eSCM to assess sourcing maturity level and make it progress, along with other market frameworks.
  • Apply for resource planning, recruitment, and assessment.
  • Understand the most important legal challenges in the different areas where you can encounter a sourcing project.
  • Being able to draw-up a sourcing strategy paper for C-level of a company.

Agenda of the course

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Session 1 - 30 Sept 2020 : Philippe Bardyn

SOURCING STRATEGY 

  • Define the sourcing strategy of a company
  • Understand the specificities, applicabilities, levelers, risks, challenges and benefits of the different sourcing alternatives.
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Track I - 30 Sept 2020

First Core Function: Identify 

  • A Call to arms: Stop The FUD
  • A few Cases... and Lessons
  • The Amazons of Crime
  • Zooming Out: Sun Tzu’s persistent relevance
  • The Internal Drivers of exposure to Cyber Threats
  • Takeaways for A Cyber Security Strategy
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Session 2 - 07 Oct 2020: Gerrit Liebens

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Vendor Selection & Contract Management

  • Intro + recap on IT Sourcing Lifecycle
  • Vendor Selection
    • Requirements & Sourcing approach
    • RFP & contract development
    • Evaluation and selection
    • Contract negotiation

Track II - 7 Oct 2020

First Core Function: Identify (2)

  • Know you business
  • Know your people, processes and technology
  • Information security management process
  • Information security strategy & roadmap
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Session 3 - 14 Oct 2020: Philippe Bardyn

Transition & Transformation

  • Introduction & Fundamentals
  • Conduct Transition & Transformation
  • Change Management tools to support T&T success
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Track III - 14 Oct 2020

Second Core Function: Protect (1)

  • NIST - National Institute of standards and Technology
  • Second Core Function: Protect (details).
  • Examples of outcome Categories within this Function
  • Adaptive security
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Track IV - 21 Oct 2020

Second Core Function: Protecct (2)

  • Cyber Resilience : A definition
  • Cyber Resilience Second Core Function: Protect
    • Technology
      • Network
      • System
      • Application
      • Other Domains
    • Processes and People
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Session 4 - 21 Oct 2020: Dominique Kindt

Relationship Management

  • Why strategic Relationships matter
  • What does Vendor or Partner Relationship Management mean
  • How can CxOs engage on-the-field with Vendor or Partner Relationship Management

Session 5 - 28 Oct 2020: Punit Bhatia

eSCM and other framework

  • Purpose and relevance of frameworks
  • Overview of various frameworks with pros and cons of each
  • Deep dive into eSCM with a case study
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Track V - 04 Nov 2020

Second Core Function: Protect (1)

  • NIST - National Institute of standards and Technology
  • Second Core Function: Protect (details).
  • Examples of outcome Categories within this Function
  • Adaptive security
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Session 6 - 18 Nov 2020: Tanguy Van Overstraeten

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Legal Concerns

  • Contracts in general
  • Outsourcing
    • Contracting process
    • Contract structure
  • Conclusion

Track VI - 18 Nov 2020

Fourth Core Function: Respond

  • Incident Response Management Frameworks
  • Prepare your response
  • Detect the cyber threats
  • Action to take
  • Communication
  • Emerging Threats require change of approach

Track VII - 25 Nov 2020

Fifth Core Function: Recover (1)

  • Are you ready?
  • Introduction
  • Planning
  • Continuous improvements
  • Metrics 
  • Building the playbook
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Session 7 - 25 Nov 2020: Tamara Alen

Skill Management

  • Capability Management
  • IT Management Frameworks and SFIA
  • Introduction: Origin and background
  • SFIA Skills & Levels
  • Capability Management & SFIA
  • Get Started
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Session 8 - 02 Dec 2020: Philippe Bardyn and Punit Bhatia

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Case study - presenting to CXO

  • Case Study
  • Pitching to CXO in simulated environment
  • Brainstorm
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Track VIII - 2 Dec 2020

Awareness + pre test

  • Why awareness?
  • Stakeholder management
  • Behaviour change and communication
  • Know your channels
  • Reference board and roadmap
  • Approval roadmap and budget

Lecturers

Practicalities

English

18:15 to 21:30

Every Wednesday starting on 30 Sept

Both on site and virtual

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Why solvay brussels school executive education

  • Join one of the most renowned Business School in Belgium. 
  • Receive a Solvay Brussels School certificate at the end of the module if you pass the exam.
  • We offer the full experience to our trainees: pre-readings, interactive classes, printed training material and more.
  • All of our trainers are highly experienced, and the trainings are given in limited groups to ensure a tailored course.
  • This education is part of Solvay Executive Education dedicated to Sourcing Management.
  • Upon succeeding the examination, participants receive a certification of success from Solvay Executive Education.
  • Professor Georges Ataya is the founder and the academic Director of this education programme. 
  • https://exed.solvay.edu/en/13-gamme/10-digital-governance-trust

Ataya & Partners involvement

Ataya Partners promotes this education in the current circumstances in 2020. Thanks to Ataya & Partners, benefit from:
  • Consulting opportunities after taking our trainings.
  • Recruitment opportunities with Hightech Partners, our sister company specialised in executive recruitment.
  • Tailored coaching based on our new Cybersecurity skill assessment. We will help you to choose best training to improve your skills.
  • Join our community and benefit from a large cybersecurity network, interesting articles, discount on our training and many other advantages.

WHAT GRADUATES SAY ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

This module aims to expose the principles for sourcing management. Covering the full lifecycle from strategy definition to managing the relationship (including the closure/renewal) we will pass through the RFP process and the selection of a Vendor, the contracting phase but also focusing on the transition phase.

Punit Bhatia - TOPIC LEADER
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