CIPP Certified International Procurement Professional

About the Course

The procurement profession has undergone a major transformation in the last 10 years and is widely recognised as being a function that can have a dramatic impact on an organizations bottom line. Best in Class Procurement delivers a wealth of value opportunities that can ensure that maximum advantage can be gained from your Supply Chain and associated supply-base. For procurement professionals who want to keep up with the modern theories and techniques of procurement and supply chain management participation on this course is essential.

There are 181 modules in total that need to be completed for this certification course.

• Introduction to Supply Chain Management
• Goal of Supply Chain
• Procurement with Examples
• How to do Reverse Auctions/How to use Emptoris tool to conduct Reverse Auctions
• Step by step instructions to implement Procure to Pay (P2P) and Source to Pay (S2P)
• Procurement Planning & Implementation – Spend Analysis, Kraljic’s Matrix, Measuring KPIs and Supplier Performance Assessment
• How to Leverage Procurement to Realize Cost Savings
• Manufacturing/ Production with Examples
• Distribution (Warehouse location, Customer allocation, Demand forecasting, Inventory management, etc.)
• Logistics (selection of logistics mode, selection of ports, direct delivery, vehicle scheduling, 3PL, 4PL etc.)
• Global Logistics and Transportation
• Emergence of 5 PL
• Omni Channel Logistics & Retailing – Latest trends in Logistics
• How to Financially Optimize your Company’s Supply Chain
• Global Decisions (product and process selection, planning under uncertainty, real-time monitoring and control, integrated scheduling)
• Knowledge on how to optimize back end operations.
• United States Trade Compliance for Export and Import.
• Supply Chain Risk & Business Continuity
• Commodities Exchange – Understanding its importance
• Best Practices on Contract Management
• Contract management including dispute resolution
• Hedging – Futures & Contracts
• What is Green Supply Chain Management and How to reduce Carbon Footprint?
• What is Strategic Sourcing? (Examples & Case Studies)
• Global Sourcing – Do’s and Don’ts (Explained with real case studies on how to save costs)
• Best Practices on Procurement
• Supplier behavior and negotiations
• How to reduce cost in Indirect Procurement such as HR services, Legal services, IT hardware and software services, Contract Manufacturing Services, Chemicals and Packaging
• Procurement fraud: detection and prevention
• Public sector procurement and how to win government business
• Developing e-procurement solutions
• Importance of Market Research that every SCM Professional should understand
• Deep Dive on Market Research.
• Quantitative and Qualitative Research
• How to do Market Sizing or Market Segmentation?
• How to improve the efficiency of a company’s supply chain
• Commodity Sourcing & Risk Management (various Chemicals, Energy, Fuel)
• Off-Shoring / Localization / Outsourcing Strategies & Risks (India, Middle East, Africa)
• Supply Chain Synchronization & Statistical Total Cost of Ownership Tools (End-2-End)
• Supply Chain Network Design – with Case Studies
• Supplier Research
• Forecasting: How to forecast price of products/commodities/items.
• Industry Analysis (How to analyse the trends in your Industry to create strategies)
• Traditional Procurement Process
• What is E-Procurement
• E-Sourcing
• How to Navigate on Ariba sourcing tool
• Step by Step demonstration of E-Sourcing using Ariba tool
• How to Monitor a Sourcing Event on Ariba – Session 1
• How to Monitor a Sourcing Event on Ariba – Session 2
• Grading & Scoring Suppliers on Ariba
• Savings Form Approvals and Prototyping on Ariba
• Procure to Pay (P2P)
• Source to Pay (S2P)
• Practical Demonstration of how to do Reverse Auctions using Ariba (Ariba eSourcing Demo)
• How to use Alternative Bidding on Ariba – Session 1
• How to use Alternative Bidding on Ariba – Session 2
• Spend Analysis on Ariba
• Supplier Information and Performance Management on Ariba
• P2P demonstration on Ariba
• Driving Savings via e-sourcing
• How to Mangage Contracts on Ariba
• Quality Concepts
• Value Chain Analysis
• Spend Management
• Inco Terms
• Payment & Discount Terminologies
• Top 5 Procurement Predictions
• Top 5 Supply Chain Trends
• Top 5 steps to Insuring your Supply Chain
• Preparing Global Supply Chains Against Uncertainty
• Strategic Procurement
• Need for Market Research
• Importance of Crude Oil
• Important Economic Concepts
• Sourcing Process
• Sourcing Process in Pharmaceutical Industry
• Low cost Country Sourcing
• Distribution Channels
• Logistics Management
• 3 PL & 4 PL
• 10 Common 3 PL mistakes
• Risk Management & BS25999
• Guest Lecture on Supply Chain Risk Management
• Export & Import Management
• Pallets & Fork Lifts
• Warehousing & Distribution
• Warehouse Management
• Inventory Management
• Economic Order Quantity
• Stock Keeping Units
• RFID
• Research Skills in SCM/Procurement Industry
• Primary Research
• Guest Lecture on Primary Research
• Secondary Research
• Primary Vs Secondary Research
• Look At What Matters Before Doing Research
• Top 5 Market Research Trends
• How Should Social Media Be Used In Market Research
• Current Market Research Trends
• Porter’s Five Force Analysis
• Pestle Analysis
• SWOT Analysis
• Supplier Diversity
• Magic Quadrant Analysis
• Supplier Ranking & Capability Matrix
• Competitive Intelligence
• Financial Risk Analysis
• Demand Forecasting
• Price Forecasting – CAGR & Linear Regression
• Price Forecasting – Multiple Regression
• Price Forecasting – Weighted average regression and Time series Analysis