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Why join CIPS

CIPS membership brings a range of benefits designed to support your professional development, helping you and your organisation achieve all-round excellence in procurement and supply.

By becoming a CIPS Southern African member, you’ll receive expert guidance to help you:

  • Do your job
  • Achieve the qualifications you need
  • Build your professional network and stay connected

You’ll also find that belonging to a professional institute brings long-term career advantages. Take a look at our benefits in more detail

Enhanced career prospects

CIPS membership will greatly enhance your employment prospects and career development opportunities. As a CIPS member, you can:

  • Benefit from our internationally-recognised qualifications
  • Gain a competitive edge in the job market. Around 50% of job vacancies advertised by Supply Management specify CIPS qualifications

Exclusive access to professional news and resources

As a member, you’ll have access to a range of authoritative professional resources. For example, you can take advantage of:

  • CIPS Intelligence about procurement and supply techniques and issues
  • Online  Continuing Professional Development scheme to keep your knowledge and skills up-to-date
  • Professional news, daily email alerts and RSS feeds through Supply Management website
  • Purchasing Managers’ Indices (PMI)
  • Member newsletters

Exclusive access to professional networks

You’ll also be able to build connections with like-minded procurement professionals through dynamic networking opportunities. These include:

  • A wide range of training courses, seminars and conferences
  • CIPS branch events
  • Online procurement communities
  • Special interest groups

Everyday support, guidance and benefits

CIPS offers benefits and expert guidance to help you achieve maximum effectiveness in your everyday work. For example, we provide:

  • Discounts on study packs and access to relevant business texts to support your professional studies and development
  • A CIPS helpline for legal advice that’s accurate, authoritative and free of charge
  • Discounts on training events, workshops and conferences designed to sharpen your competitive edge
  • Access to 1,000 business lounges and offices when you’re on the move