Program Overview

Packaging Purchasing

Program Presentation

The Packaging Purchasing program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to develop strategies for purchasing packaging materials. The program is structured according to the value chain, drivers, and integration into the purchasing strategy. It includes green purchasing criteria for packaging circularity.

Objectives

The program aims to develop participants' competencies and skills to:

• Identify factors and processes determining packaging purchases for different materials
• Perform an ABC analysis of current references to optimize their number
• Define strategies to take control of packaging purchasing management
• Understand the value contribution of each link in the packaging production and supply chain
• Know the markets for raw materials, wood, cellulose, paper, petroleum, plastic, metal, and glass
• Define circularity indicators for packaging to integrate into purchasing criteria

Plan of Studies

Principles and Approaches to Packaging Purchasing Management

• Strategic alignment with the business
• Common problems in packaging management and usual solutions
• Purchasing management and business horizons

Portfolio Management of Packaging, Methods

• Stages for proper portfolio management of packaging
• Segmentation and management by categories
• Analysis of the packaging portfolio and generation of differentiated strategies
• Systematic evaluation of opportunities
• Case studies

Efficient Management of the Supplier Base in Packaging

• Processes in supplier management
• Selection and multicriteria evaluation
• Clustering of suppliers and creation of the pool by categories

Organization and Management Indicators

• Dimensioning resources and profiles
• Organizational models by roles and responsibilities
• Updating reporting and indicators

Cardboard and Compact Packaging

• Circularity criteria: certified renewable origin and end-of-life (recyclability)

Flexible and Rigid Plastic Packaging

• Circularity criteria: recyclability and incorporation of recycled materials, biobased, biodegradable, and compostable materials, and end-of-life

Glass Packaging

• Circularity criteria: reuse, incorporation of recycled materials (glass cullet), and end-of-life

Metal Packaging

• Circularity criteria: recyclability and incorporation of recycled materials, and end-of-life

Building an Action Plan

• Recap and conclusions
• How to build an action plan
• Integration of sustainability indicators

Program Director

Montserrat Castillo Malivern

IQS Professors

Jordi Civit Garcés Montserrat Castillo Malivern

FAQs

• What should I do to enroll?
  • Fill out the form that appears by clicking the "Enroll" button.
• Can I benefit from any aid?
  • Yes, always and when the tuition fee is paid by you, totally or partially.
• Can my company benefit from any discount?
  • Yes, always and when certain circumstances are met:
    • Being a partner of the Fundació Empreses IQS.
    • Having previously trained collaborators in IQS Executive Education.
    • Enrolling more than one participant in the same program and edition.
• Is the program eligible for Fundae (Tripartite) funding?
  • Yes, it is eligible, and the amount or percentage of the funding will depend on the hours and modality, as well as other criteria outside of IQS.

Program Details

• Start date: February 19, 2026
• End date: March 15, 2026
• Duration: 1 month
• Modality: 70% face-to-face - 30% online
• Hours: 28
• Schedule: See calendar
• Price: €2,100
• City: Barcelona

Also of Interest

• Impresión y Decoración de Packaging
• Gestión Relacional de Proveedores & Plan
• Posgrado en Gestión Estratégica de Compras (MIP)
• Máster en Packaging Management
• Máster en Dirección de Compras Estratégicas