Accelerating CCS Strategy with CSO Execution

What’s this course about?

This course guides you through the Coupa Category Strategy (CCS) framework, establishing it as the "strategic brain" that sits in front of your entire Procure-to-Pay and Source-to-Pay ecosystem. You will explore the Strategy Highway, utilizing data-driven tools like the Kraljic Matrix, Supplier Preferencing, and AI-assisted recommendations to capture business requirements and analyze market dynamics. Finally, the course bridges the crucial gap between planning and action, demonstrating how to seamlessly translate finalized strategy initiatives directly into Coupa Sourcing Optimization (CSO) events. 

What’s in it for you?

You will learn how to transition away from manual, disconnected spreadsheets and slide decks into a centralized, AI-supported digital environment to create Category Strategies. Earning a certificate of completion demonstrates your proficiency in leveraging CCS to build robust strategies, and track initiatives. Ultimately, this course drives your professional growth by empowering you to directly link high-level category planning to measurable sourcing execution and value realization using CSO.

Is this course right for you?

This course is ideal for procurement professionals responsible for driving procurement value. If your role requires you to combine building robust strategies in Coupa Category Strategy (CCS) with executing and optimizing those strategies as sourcing events in CSO, this comprehensive training provides the precise workflow and practical applications you need.