Strategic Procurement MSc
University of Portsmouth
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Prepare for your procurement leadership career with this fully CIPS accredited MSc Strategic Procurement course. With a focus on strategy, sustainability and digital transformation, you’ll graduate ready to make a direct impact on your company’s future. You’ll even have a professional exam exemption - so if you choose to become an associate Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) member you’ll have one less step to complete. As a professional with a Master’s degree in procurement, ...Read more

Prepare for your procurement leadership career with this fully CIPS accredited MSc Strategic Procurement course. With a focus on strategy, sustainability and digital transformation, you’ll graduate ready to make a direct impact on your company’s future. You’ll even have a professional exam exemption - so if you choose to become an associate Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) member you’ll have one less step to complete. As a professional with a Master’s degree in procurement, you’ll contribute to the strategic decisions of your company, shaping the way it achieves success in managing its supply chain, suppliers and supply markets as well as internal business stakeholders. Build an in depth understanding of the methods and roles of procurement in business as you explore digital procurement technologies, use ERP (such as SAP) tools, and access our SAP Next Gen facilities on this masters programme. You’ll learn how to enact world class procurement processes, drive business transformation and explore procurement's critical role in securing advantage through sustainability management. You’ll develop procurement and sourcing strategies for different business scenarios, discover goal and performance metrics, and perform in active simulations in case examples as you study. Whether you hold an undergraduate degree in a logistics or business related subject, or you’re a professional looking to upskill, this course will help you build your procurement and negotiation skills as well as your understanding of procurement processes. You don't need to have studied maths to enter this course.

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Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree or equivalent in a business/management subject, or a masters degree in an appropriate subject Or, a second-class honours degree in any subject plus two or more years experience in a relevant business function(s). Relevant functions include: procurements, buying, supply chain, operations, logistics, sales, or production. Exceptionally, equivalent qualifications in combination with relevant business experience will be considered. Applicants may be asked to submit a portfolio in support of their application.

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£11,200 per year

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£18,600 per year

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£18,600 per year

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