Advanced AI Certification Program
Duration: 2 months
Live Sessions: 3
2 weeks apart (2 hours each)
Standard Price: $1,099 USD
Early Registration: $999 USD
Drive time savings with AI-driven procurement playbooks
Go beyond AI chatbots and learn how to deploy AI-driven procurement playbooks that deliver rapid ROI while reducing execution risk.
This hands-on online course helps procurement professionals put the right structure, data, and controls in place so AI agents and AI-enabled workflows can produce reliable business results. Participants learn how to identify the best AI opportunities, design practical workflows, and implement guardrails that support safe, scalable use across procurement teams.
Course Curriculum
Optional Prework: AI chatbot foundations and prompting techniques
- Module 1: Identify Rapid ROI Opportunities
Map workstreams, prioritize high-ROI workflows, and select the right AI model. - Module 2: Build User-Guided AI Workflows
Design structured workflows with prompts, context, and guardrails. - Module 3: Build Human-in-the-Loop AI Agents
Develop AI-enabled procurement playbooks with review checkpoints, escalation logic, and operational controls for safe deployment.
Course Activities to Earn Certification
- Attend all 3 live virtual sessions
- Complete activities on APD Learn online training platform
- Apply course tools and templates to a real-world AI workflow project
- Expected hours to complete course – 24 CE Credits
After completing the program participants have learned how to:
- Identify procurement workflows for AI with high ROI
- Select the correct AI approach based on risk, complexity, and judgment required
- Build AI-guided playbooks with defined structure, prompts, and guardrails
- Build in review and approval checkpoints for AI agents
- Increase AI reliability through stronger data readiness and context
- Develop business cases to support AI investments
- Operationalize AI within procurement teams
- Apply AI across procurement workstreams such as:
- Supplier risk monitoring
- Negotiation preparation
- RFQ generation and comparison
- Supplier discovery and qualification
- Contract review and risk extraction
- Spend analysis and opportunity identification
Meet the Trainer
Mike Wynn is Vice President of Advanced Purchasing Dynamics (APD), a firm established in 2004 and committed to helping manufacturers create competitive advantage through the application of knowledge-based cost management and negotiations.
Wynn leads the Purchasing Consulting practice for APD, where he ensures that our teams deliver strategic impact and significant costs savings to clients. He has been actively developing and improving APD’s AI-related training content since late 2023, and has published 20+ articles on practical AI applications for procurement professionals.
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