Four ways that MCIPS can transform your career

Achieving MCIPS can be a real career-enhancer. Those with MCIPS have a blend of skills that are not only important now but will be valued in years to come. 

Latest insights from CIPS Procurement & Supply Salary Guide 2024, produced in partnership with Hays, show a changing market, where MCIPS knowledge and expertise carries both short-term and long-term benefits. 

Here are four examples of how achieving MCIPS can transform your career: 

MCIPS helps with upskilling 

As the latest salary guide highlights, demand for soft skills such as communication, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management are growing. But so is the need for technical skills such as negotiation and sourcing. As the professional designation for procurement and supply, MCIPS evidences capability in all these key areas, and the additional Chartered status shows that you’re committed to lifelong learning. And, as this year’s salary guide shows, procurement and supply professionals will need to update their knowledge and skills constantly to cope with the future pressures posed by technology and a fast-changing world. 

MCIPS opens doors and develops you strategically 

“The knowledge I’ve gained from MCIPS has enabled me to develop a five-year strategy in strategic sourcing,” says Salman Ahmad, senior sourcing manager for materials manufacturer Avient Corporation in Pakistan.  

Goutam Sharma, senior supply chain and logistics manager for Emirates, has similarly positive things to say about the designation. “MCIPS is a globally recognised standard of excellence, and achieving it was a natural step towards advancing my professional development,” he says. He adds that MCIPS has opened the door for his career progression, as most organisations in UAE – where he’s based – prefer candidates for senior management positions in procurement who have completed MCIPS.   

MCIPS helps embed an ED&I mindsight 

The learning that goes into achieving MCIPS can also help with embedding an equality, diversity and inclusion mindset. According to our salary guide, people with MCIPS are more aware of the need for diverse and inclusive hiring practices. For organisations looking to develop or improve such practices, the imperative for hiring those with MCIPS grows.  

MCIPS improves your focus on sustainability and ethical practice 

Achieving MCIPS also offers a grounding in sustainability and ethical practice. With climate worries rising and ethical concerns front of mind for procurement and supply professionals, this knowledge and these skills will be even more important in future.  

For more insights on the benefits of MCIPS, give the CIPS Procurement & Supply Salary Guide 2024 a read.