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Procurement Excellence Programme

Transform your organisations procurement function

What is the CIPS Procurement Excellence Programme?

CIPS Procurement Excellence Programme is the only independent, comprehensive, procurement specific assessment of its kind, that measures your procurement function against our world class standards.

It is a globally recognised award that demonstrates how well your function is performing whilst building a competitive edge and driving world class service delivery. Acting as a catalyst for transformational change to help you achieve sustainable value, supporting you when rising to new challenges and keeps on driving improvement.

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How the Procurement Excellence Programme works

A detailed examination of your organisation’s procurement and supply function will highlight what improvements and opportunities can be made. It will help to ensure that procurement becomes an essential value driver and organisational influencer. The Procurement Excellence Programme is split into two levels. The Standard programme is about what you do, the Advanced programme is about how well you do it. There are three levels of the Advanced award depending on the maturity of the organisation, these are Silver, Gold and Platinum. They signify how your procurement function is building increasing levels of influence, involvement and control in order to accelerate procurement performance and change, and deliver greater value.

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Meet your assessor
You will be assigned your own CIPS assessor; a highly-experienced procurement professional who will personally guide you through the process.
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Collect evidence
Assessors support you to collate evidence demonstrating performance against five dimensions of our world-class standards, common to every business.
Gain an award
This evidence is submitted to the CIPS Awarding Body to verify the level that has been achieved. Success leads to an award valid for two years.
Level up
The Procurement Excellence Programme is split into levels; whereas the Standard programme is about 'what' you do, the Advanced programme is about 'how well' you do it.
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Over 300 organisations globally have worked with CIPS to achieve a Procurement Excellence Award.
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Procurement Excellence Programme levels

The Procurement Excellence Programme is split into two levels. The Standard programme is about what you do, the Advanced programme is about how well you do it.

Standard

Procurement has demonstrated robust, effective governance is in place for supply assurance and compliance.

Advanced Standard

There are three levels of the Advanced award depending on the maturity of the organisation:

Silver : Procurement has demonstrated it is moving from being an operational to a managerial function, building performance, capability and value.
Gold : Procurement has demonstrated it has a strategic role within the organisation with the ability to influence senior management and other business functions, and it is becoming more fundamental to the organisation.
Platinum : Procurement demonstrated it is part of the lifeblood of their organisation, potentially with a seat on the Board. Procurement is integral to their organisation's strategy, is a core influencer and decision maker.

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Procurement Excellence Programme ESG

Sustainability is now such a core issue facing all organisations, in response to this, CIPS has developed a new version of the CIPS Procurement Excellence Programme that includes a suite of standards that identify, measure, and improve the impact your organisation has on the world and the communities in which it operates.

How can PEP ESG help your organisation?

Sustainability and the relationship between organisations and the natural world are of paramount importance to procurement, so we have developed our new PEP ESG Programme to drive positive change within organisations, utilising ESG as a framework to help organisations build a more innovative, sustainable and resilient way of doing business.

CIPS will support your procurement function to achieve sustainable goals and targets and make this a fundamental part of the organisation.

Our free Health Check will provide you with an overview of the performance of your procurement function.
Next, our Diagnostic Tool will review and evaluate your existing procurement strategy and function, so you can understand exactly where your organisation is currently.
We can then work up an action plan and roadmap and also provide guidance and support around how to put it in place to ensure your organisation achieves its ESG and Sustainability goals.

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Interested?

If you're interested in learning more about how we can help enhance your teams' capability to deliver strategic and sustainable value throughout your whole organisation, simply follow the link below and fill out a few details. We'll then be in touch to let you know how CIPS can help your team.

Procurement Services

We also offer a range of Procurement Services which provide expertise and tools to support your procurement and supply function. Developed by our leading experts, we’ll deliver unrivalled insight and value, highlight opportunities and work with you to deliver a bespoke pathway.

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