Buyer's Toolkit | Jonathan O'Brien

In order to buy well it is important to understand a few basic principles and apply a series of tools and approaches in given situations. The Buyer's Toolkit distills all the best practice tools for professional buying and negotiating into a simple, jargon free framework that can be picked up and applied easily by anyone who buys. It is a book that seeks to transform how individuals view and practice buying so they know when to influence a situation and what to do in order to buy really well. The Buyer's Toolkit has a simple chapter layout, contains graphics and models and a simple flow of tools through the book, with an overarching framework, that glues them together. Covering different buying scenarios, understanding and defining the requirements, choosing the right deal and supplier, negotiation, managing the contract and the suppliers, fixing problems and sustainable buying, this comprehensive guide will help you to boost your advantage as a buyer.