By investing in themselves, students will take a deep dive into spend analysis in order to enhance their skills in researching sources of data, data mining, cost baselines, implementation outcomes, and segmentation. Obtaining/enhancing these skills will enable the student to obtain a clearer understanding of spend analysis and how it can be used in their daily tasks, whether they are in purchasing, sourcing, category management, supplier relationship management, contract management, or embedded in Sales Ops, Product Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Engineering, R&D, or Supply Chain.