IVAN, Miroslav: Optimalization of the procurement process when selecting a suppler. (Bachelor thesis), Technical university in Zvolen, Faculty of Wood Seiences and Technology, Department of Enterprise management, Head of bachelor thesis: Ing. Patrik Aláč, PhD., Study programme: Economics and management in Wood Processing Companies. The bachelors thesis deals with the issue and optimalization of the supplier selection process for a selected business entity. The aim of this work is a proposal to streamline and optimize the decision-making process in selecting a supplier of metallurgical materials, which will provide management with an optimal solution. The result of this bachelor thesis is the elimination of the shortcomings of the current state in the sleection and evaluation of suppliers through the design of a solution to optimize the process of selecting the most suitable supplier using the method of pairwise comparison.