The Capability Classroom
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We coach, we mentor, and we train people to become excellent.

The F2F and Virtual classrooms create a space for people to learn, grow, and evolve.

Our coaching, mentoring and training sessions are practical, applied, and grounded in real experience that directly translates into performance.

Think Fresh Advisory Procurement Training, Coaching, Mentoring, Capability Assessments, Procurement Benchmark, Procurement Capability Review

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Each training session is delivered virtually or face-to-face.

Sessions are high-energy, practical, and designed to leave you with tools and thinking you can apply immediately.

We blend real-world stories, industry challenges, ice-breaker activities, case studies, and networking so you walk away energised, connected, and equipped to ThinkFresh! and win.

  • Perfect for those new to procurement or needing a reboot, this session demystifies the procurement process with confidence, clarity, and context.

    We'll break down jargon, explore procurement’s strategic role, and build strong foundational knowledge.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understand procurement's purpose, lifecycle, and evolving value

    • Build confidence in core procurement principles

    • Recognise how procurement links to strategy, finance, and risk

    Courses available:

    • Procurement basics (for proc professionals)

    • Procurement 101 (business edition)

    • Fresh Fundamentals (an elevated refresher course)

    Learning Audience:
    Students, interns, early career professionals, operational buyers, contract coordinators, support roles moving into procurement

  • Session Overview:
    We focus on creating value through strategic category planning, contract lifecycle management, and Supplier Relationship management with practical tools to improve performance.

    Courses available:

    • Contract Management

    • Category Management

    • Supplier Relationship Management

    Learning Objectives:

    • Craft and execute smarter category plans

    • Strengthen supplier performance through fit-for-purpose contracts

    • Understand risk, value levers, and negotiation techniques

    Learning Audience:
    Category managers, contract managers, legal and procurement business partners, commercial managers

  • Session Overview:
    Move from process-heavy to outcome-driven. This training empowers you to break bottlenecks, embrace agile ways of working, and ignite creative problem-solving.

    Courses available:

    • Innovation & Agile Procurement

    Learning Objectives:

    • Apply agile principles to procurement activities

    • Rapidly prototype and iterate procurement solutions

    • Drive innovation through cross-functional collaboration

    Learning Audience:
    Procurement innovation teams, transformation leaders, change agents, category managers

  • Session Overview:
    AI and Digital procurement transformation is the future - get started and learn how to integrate AI as a way, not a thing. Learn to leverage data as your most valuabel asset to drive decisions.

    Courses available:

    • AI & Digital Procurement - use intellignce to make decisions

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understand procurement data types and sources

    • Turn insights into action through dashboards and storytelling

    • Make data-backed decisions that resonate

    Learning Audience:
    Analysts, procurement professionals, finance and commercial teams, digital procurement leads

Think Fresh Advisory Procurement Training, Coaching, Mentoring, Capability Assessments, Procurement Benchmark, Procurement Capability Review

Self Assessment
Capability & Maturity

We offer two practical, insight-driven assessments designed to cut through the noise, challenge your comfort zones, and provide clarity that you can actually act on.

Individual Capability - Growth Survey

Unlock your personal procurement capability profile.

Opt in to receive a tailored and bestpoke report that shows where you are today, how you benchmark against peers, and which skills and behaviours will deliver the greatest uplift in confidence, impact, and progression.

Procurement Function - Maturity Review

Understand how your procurement function is really performing.

Opt in to receive a maturity assessment and benchmark report that provides a clear, comparable view of your function’s maturity across capability, structure, governance, and delivery. Uncover what’s working, where risk or friction exists, and where targeted focus will accelerate value, performance, and readiness for what’s next.

This is for leaders who want clarity, alignment, and momentum to unlock the winning DNA required to build an unstoppable procurement function.

Review my Capability
Reviw my Function's Maturity
Lets Chat - Team & Function Assessments