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Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Strategic Sourcing

This course will provide a detailed overview of a Strategic Sourcing Process (7 step Process): Profile the Category, Develop a Category Sourcing Strategy, Generate Supplier Profile, Choose Competitive Selection or Supplier Development, Select Supplier(s) and Negotiate, Implement, Continuous Improvement/Supplier Relationship Management This course learnings will be supported videos, readings a a required case with peer review.

Status: Supplier Relationship Management
Status: Stakeholder Engagement
BeginnerCourse6 hours

Featured reviews

DH

5.0Reviewed Mar 25, 2022

Thank you Coursera for providing a platform for education, i found this course really helpful for my professional development.

NN

5.0Reviewed Aug 9, 2023

it is very useful and help me to understand the strategic sourcing process, how to develop strategy sourcing, prepare plan.

DD

5.0Reviewed May 21, 2020

Great course. Don Klock was straight to the point and informative. Excercises were terrific. One suggestion is to prescribe some standard textbooks for various topics discussed.

MR

5.0Reviewed Sep 5, 2021

A excellent course and honest feedback ! I'm thoroughly enjoying the learningThank you

BA

5.0Reviewed Jan 11, 2023

study at coursera has been a great opportunity for me gain more skills on how to choose a suitable supplier by source from the right supplier base

GW

5.0Reviewed Apr 16, 2024

Very informative and structured. The information is applicable in business today.

NP

5.0Reviewed Sep 9, 2025

Very detailed and well explained. Maybe the request of the final assignment could be clearer.

IB

5.0Reviewed Jan 10, 2023

hello i need a help from you about this assigment as i'm not unable to proceed it although i want to get this certification

IA

5.0Reviewed Dec 28, 2021

t​his course is really helpfull and full of information. I liked the most the assessment, it was very practical

IL

5.0Reviewed Jul 6, 2022

i​ really enjoyed the course because it was engaging and brain tasking i.e the case study

AF

5.0Reviewed Mar 27, 2022

Clearly and concisely taught. Course work to show learning very helpful to embedd learning.

GN

4.0Reviewed Jun 29, 2020

The course is really helpful. it gives you the basic knowledge of strategic sourcing. But as note, I think it would be better if provided some books references

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