The Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China, the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China and the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Beijing are pleased to invite you to a 2-day public course on March 17 & 18:
Auditing the Procurement Function in China
A Practical Roadmap
Through this course, participants will learn how to use audits internally to evaluate the performance of the procurement function, assess weaknesses, recommend improvements and controls, and communicate results to management to ensure the implementation of corrective actions.
The course introduces firstly the methodologies and tools used for operational audits of procurement activities compared to an international benchmark, and enables the participants to progressively grasp the basic knowledge which they will need to build a proper audit working program on procurement. Although the course does not cover any company nor industry-specific control frameworks, it presents the necessary tools and techniques to participants to design customized frameworks which reflect the objectives, risks and key controls on procurement of their own organisation.
The course also addresses fraud detection and prevention techniques as well as cultural aspects in conducting internal audit assignments in China based on the latest academic research available in this field, which can greatly help participants to make internal audit reports really effective.
Objectives:
• Apply the methodologies, tools and develop the skills required to perform purchasing audits and performance evaluations
• Possess the basic knowledge of the purchasing function which is necessary for non-specialist
• Fix priorities for auditing the procurement activities in terms of objectives, risks and critical processes of the purchasing department – which includes not only administrative but also operational processes (sourcing, MRP, negotiating with suppliers.)
• Report recommendations to management for implementation
• Address fraud situation issues and how to handle with them.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• Internal auditors or non-auditors
• controllers, consultants
• purchasing and merchandising staff,
• other professionals involved in structuring and assessing either procurement activities or the purchasing function; this may include either specialist or non-specialists in the area of purchasing.
The course is open to auditors or non-auditors. Participants do not need to have previous internal audit experience to attend this course. There is no requirement on specific experience or knowledge in the procurement or purchasing for this session.
Trainers
Jean Yves Le Corre, Msc (Management), Certified Internal Auditor
Jean-Yves is a recognized expert in the field of internal control and audit in Asia. Jean Yves founded InterauditAsia as an independent organization to support effective-based training and coaching solutions for the practice of internal and operational auditing in different cultures including self-assessment tools, teaching materials and reference workbooks. Jean Yves has designed +20 courses on operational and internal auditing and is a regular publisher of articles and speaker on the topic of “the cross cultural practice of internal auditing in Asia’.
Prior to his role as a coach and independent consultant, Jean-yves gained extensive experience in finance and internal audit roles in large corporations (Lafarge, Areva, Heineken Group. N.V)
Jean Yves is Certified Internal Auditor, a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, and holds a Master of Science in. Auditing (ESCP Europe). He is a graduate form London Business School (Msc. Management)
Rosalie CAO
Rosalie has diverse career portfolio, spanning Purchasing, Controlling, and Audit, through 10 years of work experience in France and Asia; lead cross-cultural teams and manage projects costs in different sectors.
She started in Controlling function: First for CARREFOUR in TAIWAN to implement controlling function and trained stores Directors and accounting managers to improve retail business performances. Then she joined German automotive supplier BOSCH based in FRANCE.
Besides, Rosalie’s financial background, she developed purchasing skill in order to control from up to downstream of the whole cost process.
She recently held a Senior Buyer function in BRED BPCE (retail banking group) where she was in charge of purchasing portfolio for France & French overseas depts. Participated in ISO 9001 certification, and coordinated global / local purchasing strategies & actions to harmonize the group purchasing process.
Rosalie is majored in International Purchasing Management, in Finance and Accounting respectively from ESSEC (top 3 Business School in France), and ESLSCA (Paris Business School).