• Worldwide recognition - CIPS study programs are recognized around the world
• A clear learning path linked to career progress - Wherever you start your learning journey, every CIPS award is closely aligned to a specific job level, helping you to prepare for promotion and enhancing your personal and professional development.
• Greater choice of business specific subjects - Traditional purchasing skills and relationship management:With the new topics and key business essentials, the CIPS membership levels are more closely aligned than ever to real life business issues.
• Remuneration - Salaries have risen rapidly over the last decade, outstripping other professions such as IT, finance, HR or sales and marketing. Purchasers who are members of the institute can expect to earn around £2,000 more than non-members.  In addition, 57 per cent of procurement staff report good or excellent job satisfaction.(*Reference: CIPS / Croner Reward Purchasing and Supply Salary Survey, 2009) 
• Transferable skills give you a choice and variety of potential workplaces -  One of the most beneficial things about this career is that a well-qualified purchasing professional can walk into a wide range of environments where they can use their skills to buy a whole variety of products and services. 

The International Advanced Certificate in Purchasing & Supply comprises of 5 units:

1. Analysing the supply market – provides an understanding of supply market analysis and its importance to the purchasing process.
2. An Introduction to Purchasing Strategy – demonstrates the importance of the alignment of purchasing and supply strategy to overall corporate objectives, and their impact on organizational success.
3. Preparing and managing Contracts – provides an understanding of issues surrounding the preparation and management of contracts, and the implications of these for the organization.
4. International Logistics – provides both an understanding of the logistical issues that organizations are faced with when trading internationally and an introduction to specialist techniques that organizations purchasing internationally will need to employ.
5. Measuring Performance in Purchasing and Supply – provides an understanding of the purpose of, and techniques used in, evaluating the contribution of the purchasing and supply function to the performance of the organization.

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International Certificate in Purchasing & Supply.

Spread over 8 months, classes are scheduled once a week during evening hours / weekends. International exams are scheduled during May and November.

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) is an international organisation, based in the UK, serving and supporting the purchasing and supply profession. CIPS dedicated to promoting best practice within the profession, is the largest provider in the U.K. offering specialist courses across all aspects and levels of the supply chain, from the start of a career to senior management level. For more information log on to www.cips.org.