Negotiation

Dealing with Monopoly Suppliers & Price Increases

Handle monopoly suppliers, price increase demands and limited-leverage situations more confidently.

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Dealing with Monopoly Suppliers & Price Increases

Course Overview

This practical session helps teams respond when a supplier has strong market power or when price increases appear unavoidable. Participants learn how to gather evidence, test supplier claims and build alternatives even in constrained markets.

Key Takeaways

  • Assess supplier power and switching constraints
  • Challenge price increase requests with better evidence
  • Develop defensive and offensive negotiation options
  • Build longer-term alternatives for monopoly risk

Curriculum Breakdown

Supplier power analysis is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Price increase diagnostics is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Cost breakdown and evidence requests is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Negotiation in low-leverage contexts is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Alternative development is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Executive alignment and escalation is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Risk mitigation planning is covered through practical discussion, examples, and workplace application exercises.

Who Should Attend

  • Procurement managers
  • Buyers managing critical suppliers
  • Finance and operations stakeholders
  • Teams exposed to price escalation risk

Course Details

  • Duration1 day
  • FormatPublic / In-House
  • LevelAdvanced
  • LanguageEnglish
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KAVAQ Consultant TeamLead Facilitators

Delivered by experienced KAVAQ facilitators with practical procurement, negotiation, and business capability expertise across corporate teams.