About This Course
Modern supply chains are longer, leaner, and more interconnected than at any point in history — and that complexity brings profound exposure to disruption. A single supplier failure, a port closure, a regulatory change, or a cyberattack can cascade through an entire value chain within hours, triggering production stoppages, reputational damage, and significant financial loss. For organisations operating in Africa and the wider global economy, these risks are compounded by infrastructure gaps, currency volatility, political transitions, and climate-related shocks that demand a sophisticated, locally informed approach to supply chain risk management.
TrainingComplex's Supply Chain Risk Assessment and Mitigation Training is a focused, practical five-day programme designed to give supply chain professionals the competencies to proactively identify vulnerabilities, quantify their potential impact, and deploy targeted mitigation strategies before disruptions occur. Drawing on established risk management standards — including ISO 31000 and the Business Continuity Institute's Good Practice Guidelines — the course translates global best practice into actionable techniques that participants can apply immediately within their organisations.
The programme moves through the full risk management lifecycle: from mapping supply networks and categorising risk types, through quantitative and qualitative risk assessment methodologies, to the design of contingency plans, supplier diversification strategies, and supply chain monitoring systems. Participants will work through realistic scenarios, stress-test their own supply chains, and leave with a draft risk register and mitigation plan tailored to their organisation's context.
This training is equally relevant to professionals in manufacturing, retail, humanitarian logistics, public procurement, extractives, and fast-moving consumer goods. Whether your organisation is building its risk capability from scratch or seeking to strengthen an existing framework, this course provides the rigour, tools, and confidence to manage supply chain uncertainty with clarity and control.
Who Should Attend
- Supply chain managers and coordinators responsible for end-to-end procurement and logistics operations
- Procurement officers and category managers seeking to embed risk thinking into sourcing decisions
- Logistics and distribution managers overseeing multi-tier supplier networks
- Operations managers responsible for business continuity and production planning
- Risk and compliance officers with a remit over supply chain or third-party risk
- Finance professionals involved in supply chain costing, hedging, or vendor risk assessment
- Project managers overseeing supply-intensive infrastructure or development projects
- Humanitarian supply chain and logistics officers working in fragile or complex operating environments
- Consultants and advisors supporting organisations on procurement reform or operational resilience
Learning Objectives
- Explain the key categories of supply chain risk and their causes, consequences, and interdependencies
- Conduct a structured supply chain mapping exercise to identify critical nodes, dependencies, and single points of failure
- Apply quantitative and qualitative risk assessment tools, including probability-impact matrices, risk scoring, and scenario analysis
- Develop a comprehensive supply chain risk register aligned with organisational objectives and sector-specific risk profiles
- Design and evaluate supplier diversification, dual-sourcing, and inventory buffering strategies to reduce vulnerability
- Build supplier risk profiles and implement vendor due diligence and monitoring frameworks
- Construct supply chain contingency plans and business continuity protocols for high-impact disruption scenarios
- Interpret and apply relevant international standards including ISO 31000 and ISO 28000 in a supply chain context
- Integrate risk considerations into procurement planning, contract design, and supplier relationship management
- Establish key risk indicators and early-warning monitoring systems for ongoing supply chain resilience
Course Modules
Module 1: Foundations of Supply Chain Risk Management
- Defining supply chain risk: scope, terminology, and strategic significance
- The risk management lifecycle: identify, assess, treat, monitor, and review
- Overview of international standards: ISO 31000, ISO 28000, and BCI Good Practice Guidelines
- Categories of supply chain risk: operational, financial, geopolitical, environmental, and cyber
- The cost of supply chain disruption: financial, reputational, and humanitarian evidence
- Linking supply chain risk to enterprise risk management and organisational strategy
Module 2: Supply Chain Mapping and Network Analysis
- Principles and techniques of supply chain mapping: tier-one to tier-n visibility
- Identifying critical nodes, chokepoints, and single points of failure
- Data sources and tools for building accurate supply chain network diagrams
- Mapping dependencies: geographic, supplier, transport mode, and regulatory
- Concentration risk: over-reliance on single suppliers, countries, or transport corridors
- Workshop: constructing a supply chain map for a participant's own organisation or sector
Module 3: Risk Identification Techniques
- Structured brainstorming and expert elicitation methods for risk identification
- Using historical disruption data to anticipate future risk categories
- Horizon scanning: geopolitical, regulatory, technological, and climate trends affecting supply chains
- Stakeholder interviews and supplier self-assessment questionnaires as identification tools
- Applying PESTLE and SWOT analysis in a supply chain risk context
- Building a preliminary risk inventory from identification outputs
Module 4: Risk Assessment: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
- Probability-impact matrices: design, calibration, and scoring conventions
- Risk heat maps: visualising and communicating risk exposure to leadership
- Quantitative techniques: expected monetary value, Monte Carlo simulation concepts, and sensitivity analysis
- Scenario analysis and stress testing: constructing best-case, worst-case, and base-case disruption scenarios
- Risk appetite and tolerance: defining organisational thresholds for supply chain risk
- Workshop: scoring and ranking a real-world set of supply chain risks using a probability-impact matrix
Module 5: Building and Managing the Supply Chain Risk Register
- Structure and content of an effective supply chain risk register
- Assigning risk ownership: roles and accountabilities across procurement, logistics, and operations
- Linking risk entries to controls, mitigation actions, and review schedules
- Integrating the risk register into procurement planning and category management cycles
- Maintaining register currency: triggers for update and escalation protocols
- Practical: participants draft a risk register section for their own organisation
Module 6: Supplier Risk Assessment and Due Diligence
- Supplier risk profiling: financial health, operational capacity, and reputational indicators
- Designing supplier due diligence questionnaires and audit frameworks
- Third-party risk: sub-supplier visibility and cascading failure in multi-tier networks
- Onboarding risk controls: risk-based segmentation of the supplier base
- Continuous supplier monitoring: tools, triggers, and escalation protocols
- Case study: how a tier-two supplier failure cascaded to a major manufacturer
Module 7: Mitigation Strategies: Resilience by Design
- Dual and multi-sourcing strategies: benefits, costs, and implementation considerations
- Inventory buffering and safety stock as a hedge against supply disruption
- Geographic diversification: balancing cost efficiency with resilience in sourcing decisions
- Nearshoring and reshoring trends: strategic implications for African supply chains
- Demand-side flexibility: how demand management can absorb supply-side shocks
- Framework for selecting the right mitigation strategy given risk severity and organisational capacity
Module 8: Contractual and Financial Risk Management
- Embedding risk-sharing provisions in supplier contracts: performance bonds, liquidated damages, and step-in rights
- Force majeure clauses: drafting, interpretation, and limitation in practice
- Price escalation and currency risk clauses in long-term supply agreements
- Trade credit insurance and supply chain finance instruments as risk buffers
- Incoterms and allocation of transport and insurance risk between buyer and seller
- Workshop: reviewing a sample contract to identify and strengthen risk-related clauses
Module 9: Business Continuity Planning for Supply Chain Disruptions
- Principles of business continuity management applied to supply chain operations
- Business impact analysis: identifying time-critical supply chain processes and recovery priorities
- Developing supply chain contingency plans: structure, triggers, and response protocols
- Crisis communication in supply chain disruptions: internal and external stakeholder management
- Testing and exercising continuity plans: tabletop exercises and simulation drills
- Post-disruption review: lessons-learned processes and continuous improvement
Module 10: Monitoring, Governance, and Building a Risk-Aware Supply Chain Culture
- Designing key risk indicators and early-warning dashboards for ongoing supply chain monitoring
- Governance structures for supply chain risk: reporting lines, committees, and review cadences
- Embedding risk thinking into procurement policies, category strategies, and supplier scorecards
- Training and capability building: spreading risk awareness across procurement and operations teams
- Using technology for supply chain risk intelligence: platforms, data feeds, and automation trends
- Capstone review: participants present their risk register and mitigation plan and receive structured peer and facilitator feedback
Requirements & Prerequisites
Participants should have at least two years of professional experience in supply chain, procurement, logistics, or a closely related operations function. A basic familiarity with procurement or supply chain concepts — such as supplier management, inventory control, or contract administration — is assumed. No prior formal training in risk management is required, as the course introduces all risk frameworks and tools from first principles.
Training Methodology
- Supply chain mapping workshops where participants diagram their own organisation's supplier networks to uncover real vulnerabilities
- Probability-impact scoring exercises applied to live case scenarios drawn from African and global supply chain disruptions
- Risk register construction practicals in which each participant builds a working risk register for their sector or organisation
- Supplier due diligence simulations involving the assessment of fictitious vendor profiles against financial, operational, and reputational risk criteria
- Group scenario planning sessions stress-testing supply chain responses to disruptions such as port closures, currency crises, and supplier insolvency
- Contract clause analysis exercises examining how risk-sharing, force majeure, and performance bond provisions affect supply chain exposure
- Panel-style peer review of contingency plans developed during the programme, with structured feedback from facilitators and fellow participants
- Daily reflection journals prompting participants to connect each day's learning to a specific risk challenge in their own organisation
- Hands-on introduction to risk monitoring dashboards and early-warning indicator design using structured templates and real data examples
Organisational Benefits
- Reduced exposure to supply disruptions that cause production delays, cost overruns, and reputational damage
- A stronger organisational culture of proactive risk thinking embedded in procurement and operations decision-making
- Improved supplier qualification processes that filter out high-risk vendors before they enter the supply base
- Enhanced negotiating position with suppliers through evidence-based risk-sharing clauses and performance standards
- More robust business continuity plans that reduce recovery time and financial impact when disruptions do occur
- Better alignment between supply chain operations and enterprise-wide risk management frameworks
- Greater confidence among leadership, investors, and donors that supply chain risks are being actively managed
- Reduced insurance and compliance costs through demonstrable risk controls and documented mitigation strategies
- Improved capacity to respond to regulatory requirements around supply chain transparency and due diligence
Where Is Supply Chain Risk Assessment and Mitigation Training Offered?
This course runs in-person across: Nairobi, Kampala, Cape Town, Nakuru, Dubai, Abuja, Naivasha, Lagos, Johannesburg, Kigali, Mombasa, Riyadh, Pretoria, Accra, Kisumu, Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa, Arusha, Zanzibar, plus Live Virtual (online) cohorts. Browse live dates for your city below.
Upcoming Schedules
| Location | Format | Dates | Price |
|---|
| Nairobi, Kenya |
In-Person |
5 Oct 2026 – 9 Oct 2026 |
KES 105,000 |
| Kampala, Uganda |
In-Person |
5 Oct 2026 – 9 Oct 2026 |
USD 1,900 |
| Cape Town, South Africa |
In-Person |
5 Oct 2026 – 9 Oct 2026 |
USD 3,800 |
| Nakuru, Kenya |
In-Person |
12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026 |
KES 115,000 |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
In-Person |
12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026 |
USD 4,100 |
| Abuja, Nigeria |
In-Person |
19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026 |
USD 2,800 |
| Naivasha, Kenya |
In-Person |
19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026 |
KES 115,000 |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
In-Person |
19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026 |
USD 2,500 |
| Johannesburg, South Africa |
In-Person |
19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026 |
USD 3,500 |
| Kigali, Rwanda |
In-Person |
19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026 |
USD 1,900 |
| Mombasa, Kenya |
In-Person |
19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026 |
KES 120,000 |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
In-Person |
19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026 |
USD 4,500 |
| Pretoria, South Africa |
In-Person |
26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026 |
USD 3,300 |
| Accra, Ghana |
In-Person |
26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026 |
USD 3,800 |
| Kisumu, Kenya |
In-Person |
26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026 |
KES 120,000 |
+235 more dates — view live schedule →
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a formal background in risk management to attend this course?
No formal risk management training is required. The course introduces all risk frameworks, tools, and terminology from first principles, making it accessible to experienced supply chain professionals who are new to structured risk assessment. Participants with some prior exposure to risk concepts will find the programme enriches and formalises their existing knowledge.
Will I receive a certificate upon completing the course?
Yes. Participants who attend the full five-day programme and complete the course activities will receive a Certificate of Completion from TrainingComplex. The certificate confirms participation in Supply Chain Risk Assessment and Mitigation Training and can be used as evidence of continuing professional development.
Is this course relevant to humanitarian and development sector supply chains, or only commercial ones?
The course is explicitly designed to be relevant across sectors, including humanitarian logistics, development project procurement, public sector supply chains, and commercial operations. Case studies and scenario exercises draw on examples from both private-sector manufacturing and NGO or government supply chain contexts, making the content applicable regardless of your organisational setting.
What materials and tools will participants take away from the course?
Participants will leave with a set of ready-to-use templates including a supply chain risk register, a supplier due diligence questionnaire, a risk heat map template, a contingency plan outline, and a key risk indicator dashboard framework. They will also take away a draft risk register and mitigation plan developed during the programme for their own organisation.
Can this training be delivered in-house for an entire procurement or supply chain team?
Yes. TrainingComplex offers customised in-house delivery of this programme for organisations that wish to train a full team together. In-house delivery allows the facilitator to contextualise all exercises, case studies, and templates to your organisation's specific supply chain structure, sector, and risk environment. Please contact TrainingComplex directly to discuss scheduling and customisation options.
