{"id":2728,"date":"2009-09-24T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2009\/09\/24\/how-to-be-a-heavy-hitter-in-purchasing\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T05:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:59:10","slug":"how-to-be-a-heavy-hitter-in-purchasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/how-to-be-a-heavy-hitter-in-purchasing\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be A “Heavy Hitter” In Purchasing"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently received some great feedback from one of our students and I wanted to share it with you. Here is what he had to say\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile I found all of the courses informative and extremely useful, there was one that I found to be exceptional. That was your Supply Management Contract Writing course. I began using the knowledge I obtained from this course immediately, and I am currently in the process of negotiating a handful of purchasing agreements that include several of the references you review in your course. I\u2019ve even gone as far as to \u2018beef up\u2019 our standard Purchasing T\u2019s & C\u2019s, and I firmly believe that my organization\u2019s best interests are protected more now, than they ever have been.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard this numerous times, but I must say \u2018Thank you.\u2019 Not only have you broadened my abilities in an extremely competitive game, you\u2019ve enabled me to play like a heavy hitter. Needless to say, management has already noticed the impact your courses have made. I must admit, I\u2019m even a little impressed myself, with the knowledge that I am now able to bring to the table. I should have done this years ago!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jerry Cassiano, SPSM<\/div>\n
Senior Buyer\/Planner<\/div>\n
San Bernardino, California, USA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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