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Bargaining With Vendors & Suppliers
A one-day seminar for purchasing agents, buyers, purchasing managers, office managers, purchasing assistants and others who work with vendors and who want to negotiate the best possible deals and get better prices, service and quality.

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Is It Possible to Come Out a Winner When Negotiating With Vendors?

As a buyer, you face a unique set of problems when you deal with vendors.

If you’re not trying to get out a rush order, you’re “breaking in” a new sales rep or facing other circumstances that put you at a disadvantage from the start. What’s more, you’re forging stronger alliances with key vendors while keeping other suppliers on their toes after agreements are made.

With all this going on, it’s easy to see why negotiating can be one of the most stressful functions of your job.

The good news is that it is possible to stack the deck in your favor without stooping to questionable bargaining tactics or dramatic mind games. All you need is negotiation training designed with no-nonsense purchasers — like yourself — in mind. And that’s exactly what we’ll give you when you attend this targeted, one-day seminar.

In just six hours, you’ll learn practical bargaining skills that’ll help you come out of every negotiation a winner — regardless of whether you’re negotiating for goods or services, price or quality. Best of all, you’ll do it without losing face or respect.

Break Down Blockades to Successful Negotiation

Everyone has been in bargaining sessions that seemed to hit a brick wall.

Maybe the vendor was your only choice and knew it. Or perhaps your account didn’t carry a lot of weight. But when the vendor says “that’s my best offer,” your choices become very limited. Or do they?

Traditionally, buyers could either accept an undesirable offer, or walk away and start from scratch with another vendor. But fortunately for you (and other buyers), an alternative to this “all or nothing” mentality has been perfected by our experts. It’ll prevent dead-end bargaining, and you’ll learn it at this seminar.

Attend and the next time you feel backed into a corner, you’ll be able to step beyond the usual boundaries of negotiation to creatively find a solution that both sides will appreciate.

Whether it involves extended service contracts, extra supplies or even working with the factory for a volume discount, you’ll be able to take an impasse and blow it wide open, using the proven skills you’ll master here.

As a result, you’ll find that negotiating acceptable solutions with your vendors is less time-consuming, less stressful and less of a hassle. Isn’t that exactly what you’re looking for?

Your Investment Will Be Recovered Many Times Over

That’s because the negotiation skills you’ll learn here can add dollars to your company’s bottom line.

It’ll be like money in the bank every time you spot a vendor’s bluff … get what you want without damaging a good vendor-buyer relationship … turn the tables on a bargaining “trick” … keep a small issue from being blown out of proportion … or use any of the specialized negotiation strategies that we’ll show you in this seminar.

In fact, you’ll be 100 percent satisfied with what you learn, or we’ll refund your entire registration fee. It’s a no-lose proposition.


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+ Workshop Agenda: (click + to expand)

Devise a Better Game Plan

  • Before you negotiate: A specific step-by-step guide for developing your strategy
  • Terms and conditions that should be included in every agreement
  • How to determine — in advance — what the other side’s “final” offer will be
  • How to sidestep the most frustrating problems that buyers face when negotiating by phone
  • A slick tactic to use when negotiating with a vendor who thinks you’re “small potatoes”
  • 5 points to insist on before you sign a purchasing contract

Flex Your Negotiating Muscle

  • Advice from veteran purchasers … surprising areas you should always negotiate (price is just one of many)
  • The single most important element of any negotiation
  • Bargaining tips that your vendors will wish you didn’t know
  • 4 ways vendors will test your skill as a negotiator (and how to earn their respect)
  • Disputing whose fault a mistake is? The first thing to do to avoid getting stuck with the bill
  • How to make yourself “sound” more like a master negotiator
  • Feel you’re backed into a corner? How to turn the tables when the talks aren’t going your way
  • Getting what you want from a sales rep who is difficult to work with
  • The 1 revelation about vendors that can make you a tougher bargainer … instantly

Conduct More Successful Negotiations

  • How to “read” the tricky fine print in proposals and bids … and get it changed
  • When meeting on your turf … how to maximize this time-tested negotiating advantage
  • How to use alternative sourcing as your ace in the hole
  • How to respond when a vendor says “that’s the lowest price I can offer”
  • How to keep your body language from “tipping your hand” and telegraphing your thoughts
  • Insiders’ tips on making small concessions appear BIG
  • An “11th-hour” checklist to complete before making your final offer
  • How to make a grandstand gesture without ending talks altogether

Keep Control With Powerful Bargaining Tactics

  • The “win-win” technique that guarantees both sides leave the table satisfied
  • What you can do to increase your chances of a quick agreement
  • 3 basic rules of persuasion you’ll want to follow when working with sales reps
  • How to increase your positional power even if you’re negotiating from a weak position
  • Persuasion techniques for moving a vendor who won’t budge
  • Adding the 4 classic — and most effective — negotiating techniques to your repertoire
  • 1 deadlock-busting strategy that’ll end practically any stalemate



+ Attendee Reviews: (click + to expand)

"The best and most informative ... I have never been to one of your seminars where I walked away disappointed."
Becky Harris
VIP International

"Excellent seminar. Great quotes and thoughts to use both professionally and personally."
Linda Hudson
Facility Coordinator
The Western Group

"Dynamic speakers addressing valuable thoughts for success in business. I learned a lot!"
Phyllis Morris
Marketing Communication Specialist
GE Commercial Dist. Fin.

"This seminar has been very informative, and the delivery has been excellent."
Avery Noe
Getty Petroleum

"Extremely informative … the training hit on several issues that I thought I understood, when actually I didn’t really understand them at all!"
M. Ward



Cancellation Details: If circumstances arise that require you to cancel your enrollment in Bargaining With Vendors & Suppliers, you may substitute another person in your place or receive a credit memo for a future seminar of equal value. Or, you may receive a refund, minus a $10 enrollment processing charge, provided you notify us at least five days before the training. At that time, any additional online training materials included in your registration will be deactivated.

Additionally, if your enrollment included a STAR12 membership, it will also be cancelled at that time. Once you attend Bargaining With Vendors & Suppliers, or any other seminar through your STAR12 membership, no refunds will be granted.

 

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