CIPS Certification
Raising global standards of purchasing & supply management
CIPS Certification is an established benchmark of excellence in organisational procurement competence. It ensures that your organisation maintains excellent procurement standards and delivers significant benefits to your bottom line year on year.
CIPS Certification is endorsed by the Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA) and meets the purchasing requirements of ISO 9001:2000. It was developed with input from purchasing professionals in the pharmaceutical, utilities, transport, oil/gas, finance, manufacturing and public sectors. This was supported by collaboration with leading academics in order to ensure that certification delivers real value to organisations in any sector.
Interactive appraisal and learning experience
Our certification programme provides a systematic review of your policies, procedures and processes. It brings focus on to the importance of your procurement function and provides an independent standard of effectiveness.
Many organisations worldwide are using CIPS Certification to improve and integrate their processes within their entire supply chain. Certification is valid for 4 years and the quality is controlled by annual audits.
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