Effective Sub-Contractor Management

This highly interactive Effective Sub-Contractor Management training course will ensure that delegates understand how sub-contractor management will fit in the Asset Management context - how to select the right sub-contractor and contract type which suits your sourcing strategy and how to manage and monitor the results. Further, topics such as risk management, safety-health-environment aspects, partnerships, negotiating, people management (winning the hearts of the people) and applying contracts in a complex project environment will be considered in this training course.

Delegates will have the opportunity to discuss the existing contracts used in the organization. Through a combination of formal lectures and group work, delegates will leave the training course with the tools to make contracts and contract management highly effective.

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

• Explain the basic elements of effective Sub-Contractor management and its position within asset management
• Evaluate bids and proposals and choose the right contractor
• Identify, evaluate and manage the risks involved (SHE, performance)
• Manage & monitor the Sub-Contractor performance in an innovative way
• Develop and negotiate contracts
• Manage Performance Measurement, Evaluation, and Quality Management
• Manage performance of procurement processes for continuous improvement

This training program is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Project Management Professionals
• Operations & Maintenance Professionals
• Reliability, Asset & Plant Professionals
• All Professionals involved in Sub-Contractor Management
• Production & Continuous Improvement Professionals
• Contract Management Teams
• Facility Management Teams
• Shutdown and Turnaround Management Teams
• Anyone who wishes to update themselves on Sub-Contractor Management
• All Professionals negotiating, managing and verifying contracts in Engineering Projects

SUB-CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT BASICS

• Overview of Sub-Contractor Management
• How does it relate to Asset Management?
• (Out)Sourcing Strategies
• Risks Involved –Risk Management & SHE aspects
• Grounding the Maintenance Contract with a Risk Based Maintenance concept –how to keep that knowledge in-house?

CONTRACT TYPES FOR MAINTENANCE & TECHNICAL PROJECTS

• Contracts –Basic Types
• Contracts –Complex Types
• Procurement Aspects
• Choosing the Right Contractor
• Monitoring & Managing Sub-Contractor Performance

DEVELOPING THE CONTRACT

• The Contracting Cycle
• Requirements / Service Levels, RAMS Aspects(Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety)
• Writing the Contract
• Periodic Evaluation & Continuous Improvement –Vendor Management
• Partnerships

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT & NEGOTIATION ASPECTS

• Implementing Contract Management
• How to Make It Work by Influencing the Behavior of People
• Negotiating the Contract
• Negotiation Ploys
• Negotiation Tactics & Tips

FINAL WORKSHOP

In a very interactive workshop, all major topics of this training seminar will be highlighted and practiced in groups. Major topics will be:

• Requirements / Service Levels –defining what you want
• Tendering Process
• Sub-Contractor Selection
• Sub-Contractor Management –measuring & managing the performance
• Negotiation
• Evaluation

This training seminar will be conducted along interactive workshop principles. There will be a variance of lectures and practical exercises. Experiences from different areas will be discussed. There will be many opportunities for discussion and sharing experiences.