Leadership in Supply Chain Management | Online Course
This online course is designed to help you develop effective leadership skills specifically for the supply chain environment. Learn to guide teams, improve operations and manage risks in logistics and procurement settings.
About the Leadership in Supply Chain Management Course
This course equips learners with practical leadership and business management techniques essential for success in fast-paced supply chain environments. You will explore how strong leadership supports coordination, agility and effective resource management within supply chain networks. Real-world insights help you apply leadership principles that improve team performance and align supply chain processes with organisational objectives.
What You Will Learn
- Leadership styles and business management principles for supply chain environments
- Effective team coordination and conflict resolution techniques
- Managing supply chain disruptions and operational risks
- Strategic planning and decision-making aligned with business objectives
- Monitoring performance and driving continuous process improvements
Who Should Enrol
- Current or aspiring supply chain supervisors and managers
- Professionals in logistics, procurement, or warehouse operations
- Graduates pursuing careers in supply chain leadership and business management
- Team leaders seeking practical leadership and management tools
Effectively overseeing the supply chain management environment, exercising leadership and influence within the supply chain, fostering a culture of productivity through people and guiding change initiatives in the supply chain are integral aspects of effective supply chain leadership.
Course Content
Unit 1: Lead and manage the supply chain management environment
- The fundamental differences between leadership and managing are critically evaluated to determine their impact on the supply chain management environment
- The behavioural traits of successful leaders are critically assessed to determine their impact on the supply chain management environment
- A range of leadership styles is developed, and judgements are made on when to use each
- Strategic leadership approaches are critically evaluated in terms of business influences
Unit 2: Lead and influence the supply chain
- Models of influence are used to influence people in the supply chain
- The different sources of power are critically assessed to determine legitimacy and acceptability when leading and influencing areas of the supply chain
- Leading and influencing activities are executed through specific strategies
- Various tactics and definitions are developed to influence the supply chain effectively
- The outcomes of attempts to influence the supply chain are critically assessed to determine the impact on the supply chain
Unit 3: Develop a culture of productivity through people
- The need for people to work effectively is explained in terms of the benefits to individuals and to work-based teams
- A consensus on how to work together is developed to identify the potential for pitfalls and conflicts within the team
- Diversity issues are critically assessed to determine how they relate to people’s success and propose approaches to managing them
- Ways of developing and motivating people are determined to increase their productivity and effectiveness
- Team time is effectively planned to include scheduling, justifying resources, deadlines and delivery dates
Unit 4: Lead change in the supply chain
- An innovative vision, values and culture are developed for the future
- A range of change management models is critically evaluated to consider the implications of implementing the purchasing function
- An appropriate style for leading and managing is developed for the strategic change process that will encourage stakeholders to welcome and embrace change within the purchasing function
- Justifiable objectives for change are set and prioritised, and strategies for achieving them are drawn up
- Resource requirements are determined to implement change within the purchasing function
- Responsibility is delegated for the effective implementation of change
- Force Field analysis is used to identify forces and barriers to change and determine what needs to be done to develop and assist change
- Difficult leadership and management situations are negotiated effectively to resolve the problem
- The impact of the change process on the supply chain performance is monitored and controlled to determine its effectiveness
- Continuity of performance is managed while implementing change to maintain a business-as-usual approach to managing supply
Accreditation
- Non-accredited: Short course only
- Duration: 3h 20m
- Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
- Access Period: 12 Months
