{"id":2073,"date":"2021-03-02T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2005\/06\/02\/purchasing-training-where-does-a-new-purchasing-agent-begin\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T11:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:08:58","slug":"purchasing-training-where-does-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/purchasing-training-where-does-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Purchasing Training:  Where Does A New Purchasing Agent Begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>If you&#8217;re new to Purchasing and don&#8217;t know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/courses\/how-to-take-charge-of-your-procurement-career\/\">where to begin<\/a>, it always helps to look at what kind of Purchasing training is available for you.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re lucky, the leadership of your company recognizes how critical training is. Training a company\u2019s team members is a foundational cornerstone in running a company. Sadly, however, it is often forgotten when busy times hit. Investing in the time and effort into designing a Purchasing training program that suits the unique needs of procurement will drive more effective results in less time.<\/p>\n<p>NLPA recommends that taking the introductory purchasing training course entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mastering Purchasing Fundamentals<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This class covers the basics of terminology and procedures and frames basic purchasing in a step-by-step process. If you\u2019re looking for help in assessing just what type of Purchasing training your team may need, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p><u>Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today.<\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Recommended Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/purchasing-training-tidbits\/\">Purchasing Training Tidbits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/spsm-vs-cpo-suite\/\">SPSM vs. CPO Suite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-procurement-promotion-that-you-lost-but-didnt-even-know-that-you-were-considered-for\/\">The Procurement Promotion That You Lost (But Didn\u2019t Even Know That You Were Considered For)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/procurement-interview-questions\/\">Procurement Interview: Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/improving-your-procurement-teams-skills-requires-this-commonly-forgotten-element\/\">Improving Your Procurement Team\u2019s Skills Requires This Commonly Forgotten Element<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/millennials-want-a-procurement-career-path-does-your-organization-have-one\/\">Millennials Want A Procurement Career Path: Does Your Organization Have One?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/procurement-career\/\">Procurement Career<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><b>NLPA Learning<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b> Looking for authoritative procurement templates, tools, webinars, and more? Stop trying to create resources from scratch and start taking advantage of having exactly what you need right at your fingertips in <a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">NLPA Learning<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-growth","category-training"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Purchasing Training: Where Does A New Purchasing Agent Begin?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you&#039;re new to Purchasing and don&#039;t know where to 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