If you have the ambition, we have the tools.

Imagine having a Recommendation Letter from an experience Procurement Executive next time you apply for a job as a professional buyer.

All Learn How to Source courses are created by experienced procurement experts with purpose to help learners in becoming the professional buyer a procurement manager is looking for. And by getting certified you have Procurement Executive telling the world, you have the skills as a professional buyer. 

Are you looking to begin or advance your procurement career but finding it hard to find time to attend traditional classroom-based training? Consider learning procurement through online courses. Online procurement courses offer numerous benefits, including flexibility, convenience, and cost-effectiveness. With online courses, you can study at your own pace, from anywhere in the world, and at a time that suits you. Additionally, online courses are often more affordable than traditional classroom-based training, and they can provide access to a wider range of procurement experts and resources. So why not explore online procurement courses and take the first step towards advancing your procurement career? Get Certified at Learn How to Source.

Experience from Procurement Experts - as online courses.

Our courses are approx. 30 min long. Bite-sized chunks of knowledge.

  • Buyer role

    You will find a wide range of courses all tailored towards the buyer role and the competences needed to run a Procurement organization.

  • Next step

    Each course address a portion of the procurement area and are organized as chapters in a book. Find your starting point and use the Next step recommendation to move forward. Or purchase a package of courses bundled to meet a procurement role.

  • Experience levels

    Courses are organized in buyer roles and experience levels: Introduction, Basic, Advanced and Expert.

  • Find your course

    Find your course by selecting ALL COURSES in the menu above. Or select a role. Scroll through the courses or use the search function. At each course there is a suggested "Next step" guiding you to recommended next course.

  • Learning objectives

    Each course has a free pre-view of the learning objectives. Find out if the course delivers what you need before purchase.

  • High on value

    Courses are high in value but low in cost. Our courses are straightforward and provide real life experience.

  • Download course presentation

    Material presented (PowerPoint or Excel) are available for download at the end of each lecture.

  • Instructor

    The instructor at each course is a procurement expert with many years of field experience.

  • Quiz and Certificate

    Each course has a course quiz and, assuming you complete the course, a certificate will be issued for you to download as a PDF.

  • Dashboard

    Immediately access to the course and you have 60 days to complete the course. All courses available to you, are listed in your Dashboard.

  • Pay with credit card or PayPal

    Card transactions are managed by Stripe and, as an alternative, you can also use your PayPal account.

  • Testimonials

    Find out other students' opinion about the course. Grade the course to provide input to future students.

Procurement courses online.

Based in Sweden but truly global.

One can see Learn How to Source as a community where experienced procurement experts have converted their procurement expertise to online courses - made available to you anytime and anywhere via a webshop. Register and learn more in our introduction course (free).

Procurement Orientation

Special offer from LHTS.

Every week Learn How to Source give away Procurement orientation bundle, with more than 30 introduction and basic courses to 10 learners, for free.
Special offer, learn procurement for free

New course: Introduction to Procurement e-Auctions

The course explain what a Procurement e-Auction is, the most common auction methods and how/when e-Auction should be applied.

Category manager to focus on the following top 10 activities

New blog post

As a procurement expert and consultant, I would advise a newly appointed Category manager to focus on the following top 10 activities to start with:

  1. Understand the business objectives: Familiarize yourself with the organization's strategic goals and objectives to align your category management strategy with the overall business strategy.
  2. Conduct spend analysis: Analyze the organization's historical spend data to identify trends, key suppliers, and potential areas for cost savings or improvements.


Learn more in our blog.  

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Good Introduction

Angshuman das

Good presentation

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International Sales Law

Anneli Gringman

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Automotive engineering

Gordon Odhiambo

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CM understanding

Urban Örnstedt

Good introduction to the possibilities of CM and nice proposals for a start up. Even important informtion of conditions needed in a company, before starting ...

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Good introduction to the possibilities of CM and nice proposals for a start up. Even important informtion of conditions needed in a company, before starting up the process of CM.

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Category Leader - HR Services Europe

Juho Massinen

Compact /Short introduction to purchasing and sourcing, for those who would like to understand the different roles of Purchasing/ Sourcing,

Compact /Short introduction to purchasing and sourcing, for those who would like to understand the different roles of Purchasing/ Sourcing,

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Very good and accurate information

Helena Wicklander

Clear and easy to understand

Clear and easy to understand

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As of today 250 students have attended Sustainable Procurement Course by Dr. Aurora Dawn Benton

International Sales Law for Procurement Professionals

by Jon Kihlman

The role of law in business transactions: The need to make a breach of contract possible, choice of law, passing of risk and buyer’s remedies are examples of what you will learn.
Jon Kihlman

If you are interested in the Procurement function, have no experience and want to know more.

We recommend starting from the beginning and get to know Learn How To Source.

  • Free

    Introducing Learn How to Source

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If you work as an Operational buyer and want to learn more about sourcing from the market.

We recommend an Introduction course to Tactical Procurement as Next step

  • €180,00

    The Sourcing Engine

    Successful procurement departments have a strong capability to drive supply chain improvements. The key process when executing is a modern sourcing process. After completion of the courses you will have the basic understanding of a process with proven capability to deliver. Perfect for anyone involved in sourcing events - both professional buyers and stakeholders benefit from completing the course.
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If you have basic knowledge about Operational procurement and currently have a position as Tactical buyer

We recommend International Sales law as Next step:

  • €240,00

    International Sales Law for Procurement Professionals by Jon Kihlman

    The role of law in business transactions, choice of law, procedural matters and contractual frequency including the role of law in business transactions, contract law and public procurement.
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If you want to know more about Procurement Management

We recommend an Introduction course as Next step

  • €20,00

    Introduction to Procurement Management

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About us

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