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Introducing Procurement and Supply

Module

Duration: 40hrs
Level: 02
Language: english
Reference: L2M1

Course Overview

Every procurement career starts with the same vocabulary. This foundation module covers the language of the profession — sourcing, supply chains, the five rights of procurement — and the role procurement plays inside any organization. By the end you can read a procurement job description and understand exactly what's being asked of you.

What you'll learn

Map the procurement function and the value it creates inside an organization
Walk through the five rights of procurement and what each means in practice
Identify each stage of the sourcing process from requisition to payment
Apply the CIPS Code of Conduct to spot bonded labour, conflicts of interest, and ethical risk in supply chains

Syllabus & course details

Core module · 6 credits · Objective Response (OR) exam · 2-hour duration. The broadest module in the Level 2 qualification. You'll work through definitions of procurement, purchasing, supply chain, materials management, and logistics; the role procurement plays inside private, public, and third-sector organizations; the stages of the sourcing process from requisition to payment; and the ethical foundation set by the CIPS Code of Conduct.

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This module is delivered as part of the CIPS Level 2 Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations program — the dates below are the program's cohorts.

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