Professional Development Certificate:
Purchasing and Supply Management
This certificate series is designed specifically for supply management and purchasing professionals who need a body of knowledge to:
- Integrate purchasing and supply management processes into their organization’s strategy
- Address increasingly complex purchasing management issues
- Demonstrate personal and professional growth in purchasing and supply management
What is covered in the certificate series courses?
You learn:
- Entire purchasing processes for various materials
- Legal foundations for making better decisions
- Performance measures to show improved results
- Total landed/end-use cost and price analyses
- How to apply value engineering to procurement processes
- Supplier assessment, selection and management
- Factors and steps in effective negotiations with suppliers
- Strategies that support total supply management initiatives
- Technology and e-commerce in buyer/supplier relationships
- Successful implementation of sourcing strategies