Metsä Procurement Academy, Strategic Sourcing 2023-2025

The Academy aimed to transform procurement into a strategic asset and promote continuous improvement. Its primary goals were to: • Elevate Strategic Procurement: Instill a strategic mindset in participants. • Integrate Sustainability: Provide tools to embed sustainability in all procurement activities. • Unlock Supplier Potential: Build expertise to maximize Metsä’s supplier base through collaboration, innovation, and leveraging collective capabilities for competitiveness. The Academy consisted of 6 modules: Module 1: Building collaborative relationships & partnerships with suppliers Module 2: Different Sourcing strategies and Tactics, Sustainability Module 3: Way to take a bigger role in your stakeholder group/internal collaboration Module 4: Risks and risk management in sourcing and category management Module 5: New business development with suppliers/ supplier innovations Module 6: Procurement, Finance and Anticorruption