ELVI Partners Academy In-Company & Open-Class Belgium
Procurement, Supply Chain & ESG Training — ELVI Academy
Designed by experts & practitioners. Built on real-world business experience. ELVI Academy upskills procurement, supply chain and ESG professionals across Belgium — with training designed to be immediately applicable and grounded in operational reality.
WHY ELVI ACADEMY
Training that changes what people do — not just what they know.
ELVI Academy is built around a simple ambition: every programme we deliver is designed to change behaviour, not just build awareness. Participants leave with concrete actions they can implement the next day — not just a certificate and a slide deck.
Four promesses
Built on real-world business experience
Our content reflects how procurement, supply chain and ESG actually work — in Belgian companies, under real constraints, with real stakeholders. Not how they're described in certification textbooks.
Designed by experts & practitioners
Every module was built by professionals who have led the functions they teach — former CPOs, supply chain directors and ESG managers with 15–25 years of operational experience in Belgian and European organisations. Our trainers are independent practitioners.
Immediate & applicable learning
Every session ends with a concrete action plan. Participants leave knowing exactly what they will do differently in the next 30 days — and we hold them accountable to it.
Hands-on modules & case studies
No death by PowerPoint. Every session is structured around practical exercises, live simulations and real business scenarios. Participants work on their own challenges — making the learning immediately recognisable and relevant.
TRAINING CATALOGUE
Technical skills. Support skills. Soft skills. All in one academy.
ELVI Academy covers four skill areas — organised around the full competency profile of a high-performing procurement, supply chain or ESG professional. Technical expertise alone is never enough. The best professionals combine deep functional knowledge with strong support skills and the soft skills to drive change.
Support skills
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Soft skills
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ESG Skills
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Procurement skills
The most comprehensive procurement training offering in Belgium — from foundational sourcing principles to AI-powered procurement.
Negotiation — Advanced
Complex multi-party negotiation, cross-cultural dynamics, value-based negotiation, managing difficult counterparts. Live simulations using real contract scenarios.1–2 days · In-Company recommended
Strategic Sourcing
Category profiling, sourcing strategy development, RFP structuring, negotiation cycles and contract steps. Participants design a complete sourcing strategy for one of their own sourcing project.
1–2 days · In-Company recommended
Negotiation — Basic
Negotiation principles and psychology, preparation methodology, BATNA development, concession management. 60% live simulation.
1 day · In-Company or Open-Class
Category Management
Category segmentation, market intelligence, strategy design, stakeholder engagement, performance measurement. Participants leave with a complete category strategy template for their own portfolio.
3 days · In-Company recommended
Legal & Contract Management
Contract fundamentals, key clauses and risks, SLAs, liability, GDPR in supplier contracts, contract lifecycle management. Delivered by procurement professionals with strong legal grounding — combining practical sourcing experience with contract expertise.
Half-day · In-Company or Open-Class
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Supplier segmentation frameworks, SRM programme design, performance management, joint value creation, ESG criteria in SRM. Participants design a full SRM framework for their own supply base.
1–2 days · In-Company recommended
Procurement with AI
Current AI applications in procurement — spend review, supplier risk, contract analysis, RFP support. How to evaluate and implement AI tools. Prompt engineering for procurement use cases.
1 day · In-Company or Open-Class
ESG skills
Introduction to ESG
ESG fundamentals, key regulatory frameworks (CSRD, CSDDD, EU Taxonomy), materiality concepts, what ESG means for your specific function. The essential starting point for any organisation beginning its ESG journey.
Half-day to 1 day · In-Company or Open-Class
Business & Supplier Code of Conduct
Designing a credible Supplier Code of Conduct, embedding CoC requirements in supplier contracts and RFPs, supplier assessment, CSDDD due diligence obligations.
Half-day · In-Company
Non-technical competencies
Support skills
Project Management — Fundamentals & Key Principles
Project scoping and planning, stakeholder mapping, milestone management, risk identification, status reporting. Common failure modes in procurement and supply chain projects — and how to avoid them.
1 day · In-Company or Open-Class
Financial Management
Reading a P&L and balance sheet, understanding working capital, building a business case, savings validation methodology aligned with CFO expectations, total cost of ownership modelling.
1 day · In-Company or Open-Class
Soft skills
Influencing & Stakeholder Management
Stakeholder mapping and analysis, influence strategies for different personality types, building credibility with senior leaders, managing resistance, presenting procurement and supply chain initiatives to the board.
1 day · In-Company or Open-Class
Communication
Structuring clear, persuasive communication, executive-level presentation skills, written communication for procurement, difficult conversations with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
Half-day · In-Company or Open-Class
Problem Solving
Structured problem solving frameworks, root cause analysis, hypothesis-driven thinking, data interpretation for non-data specialists, building a recommendation from ambiguous information.
Half-day · In-Company or Open-Class
DELIVERY FORMATS
In-Company or Open-Class.Your choice.
Every module in our catalogue is available in two formats — designed to fit your organisation's context and your participants' schedules.
In-Company — Tailored to your organisation
We design the entire programme around your context — your spend categories, your supplier base, your tools, your challenges. Participants work on real problems from their own environment. The most impactful format.
What's included:
- Needs assessment — capabilities, gaps, strategic priorities
- Custom module design — content, case studies and exercises adapted to your context
- On-site delivery at your offices across Belgium
- Post-training action plan per participant
- Optional follow-up session at 30 or 60 days
Ideal for: Teams of 6–20 · Organisations in transformation · Companies building a consistent methodology.
Open-class — Inter-company sessions
Scheduled sessions open to individual participants or small groups from multiple organisations. Learn alongside peers from different Belgian industries — and benchmark your practices against others facing the same challenges.
What's included:
- Fixed calendar — sessions scheduled
- Maximum 12 participants — quality interaction guaranteed
- Mixed-industry groups — FMCG, financial services, manufacturing, pharma and more
- Networking value — build relationships with procurement, supply chain and ESG peers across Belgium
Ideal for: Individual professionals · SMEs · Participants who benefit from cross-industry exposure
"Thank you for the excellent Procurement x AI training. The session was not only insightful but also highly relevant to the challenges and opportunities we face in procurement today.
I particularly appreciated how the training combined practical examples with strategic insights, making it clear how AI can enhance decision-making, risk management, and supplier collaboration. It has given me concrete ideas on how to apply these tools within my procurement activities.
A training with perfect combination of expertise and enthousiasme.I look forward to staying connected and continuing the journey of integrating AI into procurement practices."
WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAY
Results that speak for themselves.
"Great training and excellent starting point for using generative AI in my professional environment. A good short term investment.
Thanks for the organisation."
"Fantastische training met impact! "
"Geweldig. Alvast bedankt voor de leerzame opleiding."
READY TO
upskill your team?
Tell us about your team, your challenges and your timeline. We'll design a training programme that addresses your specific needs — using your own data, your own supplier context and your own strategic priorities as the starting point.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ELVI Partners Academy
Yes — and this is our default approach for In-Company programmes. We begin every engagement with a needs assessment to understand your teams' current capabilities, your strategic priorities and the specific challenges you want to address. We then adapt the content, case studies and exercises around your context. No two In-Company programmes are identical.
Individual modules run from a half-day to two days. A complete learning journey — upskilling an entire function across multiple competencies — typically runs over 3–6 months, with sessions spaced to allow application between modules. We design the pacing around your operational calendar.
Yes. Participants who complete an ELVI Academy module receive a certificate of completion. Ask us about certification pathways when designing your programme.
For In-Company sessions, we recommend between 6 and 20 participants. For Open-Class sessions, we cap at 12 participants. For very small teams (2–5 people), we recommend upcoming Open-Class sessions or a coaching-based format.
Every trainer in the ELVI Academy network is an independent practitioner with a minimum of 15 years of operational experience in the discipline they teach — former CPOs, supply chain directors and ESG leads. We match trainers to programmes based on sector experience and the specific competencies being developed. You will always know who your trainer is before confirming a programme.
Yes. In-Company training is delivered at your premises across Belgium. Open-Class sessions rotate between Brussels, Wavre, Nivelles, Ghent and Antwerp. Virtual delivery is available for all modules, though we recommend in-person formats for skills-based content involving simulation.
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ELVI PARTNERS
Brussels – Evere
Avenue Jules Bordetlaan 13,
B-1140 Evere,
Belgium
VAT: BE0787.959.605
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