Discover and List Your Best Suppliers is a hands-on, beginner-level course designed for professionals in procurement, operations, or entrepreneurship who need to find the right partners to succeed. In a global market, finding qualified suppliers quickly is a competitive advantage, yet manual methods are slow and often miss the best options. This course equips you with the modern techniques and strategic mindset to build a powerful supplier list efficiently.

Discover and List Your Best Suppliers

Discover and List Your Best Suppliers
This course is part of Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Selection Specialization

Instructor: LearningMate
Access provided by ExxonMobil
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Apply sourcing techniques and keyword searches to identify, evaluate, and compile lists of potential suppliers for strategic procurement decisions.
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In this module, you will learn the complete, foundational process for modern supplier discovery. We will start by learning how to strategically apply and evaluate the most reliable sourcing channels. Then, you will apply advanced keyword search techniques to cut through the noise and build a high-quality, preliminary list of potential partners, ready for evaluation.
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