1.0 Understand, analyse and apply management and organisational approaches

• People and skills
• Post modernism in organisations
• Organisational behaviour
• Procurement team
• STEEPLED
• Organisational structures
• Leadership

2.0 Understand and apply approaches to managing individuals involved in the procurement and supply function

• Emotional Intelligence
• Approaches to motivation
• Job Satisfaction
• Procurement team
• Diversity (ED&I)
• Career development
• Importance of learning and development
• Teamwork/collaboration

3.0 Understand and apply approaches to managing work groups or teams involved in the procurement and supply function

• Team development
• Formal and Informal groups
• Conflict/change management
• Influencing skills
• Technology
• ED&I

4.0 Understand and apply planning approaches for aspects of human resource management for the procurement and supply function

• Scope of procurement and supply
• Stakeholder management/relationships
• Career development
• Skills, knowledge and Behaviours required for effective procurement
• Professional development
• Communication and problem solving

1.0 Understand the nature of risk affecting supply chains

• Risk analysis
• STEEPLED/external factors
• ESG
• Financial risk
• Contracts
• Outsourcing
• Logistics
• Technology
• Specific governance concerns such as fraud and corruption
• Code of conduct
• ISO
• UN
• ILO

2.0 Understand processes in managing risk in supply chains

• Global supply chain
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
• Outsourcing
• Risk management
• ESG
• Common contract clauses

3.0 Understand risk mitigation strategies in supply chains

• Risk Mitigation
• Risk registers
• Probability theories and statistical distribution
• Stakeholder management
• Supply chain risk visibility
• Strategy development

1.0 Understand the legal and process issues relating to the formation of contracts

• Contract formation
• Liabilities and Indemnities
• Contract terms
• Subcontracting
• Risk management

2.0 Understand the impacts of breach of contract and coping strategies and provisions that are available

• Contractual breaches and the associated remedies
• Performance management
• Subcontracting
• Negotiation

3.0 Understand the legal implications of contractual non-conformance in procurement and supply

• Resolving conflict within contracts
• Ways in which a contract can be terminated
• Contractual performance
• Remedies for non performance
• Typical contractual clauses
• Damages

• Setting KPIs
• ESI
• Contract management
• The contract management cycle
• ESG
• Innovation
• Technology
• Collaborative relationships/working with suppliers
• Continuous improvement

2.0 Understand and apply the concept of strategic sourcing

• Strategic sourcing
• Market options associated with sourcing
• Capacity and capabilities
• Category management
• Category management models
• negotiation
• ESG
• Supply chain visibility
• Supplier evaluation/assessment and analysis
• Supplier performance
• Sales/demand forecasting

3.0 Understand and apply financial techniques that affect supply chains

• Market demand
• Evaluating suppliers financially
• Risk hedging with forward contracts
• Financial management
• Currency management
• Commodity management

4.0 Analyse and apply financial and performance measure that can affect the supply chain

• Balanced scorecards
• Benchmarking
• Financial analysis and reporting
• Supply chain performance
• Financial performance
• Stakeholder management

1.0 Understand the impact of ethics and sustainability in supply chains

• Ethics and sustainability
• Modern Day Slavery
• CSR policies
• Supplier diversity

2.0 Understand the importance of compliance with standards to achieve ethical and sustainable supply chains

• Code of Conduct
• Low cost country sourcing
• CSR policies

3.0 Understand initiatives and standards to improve ethical and sustainable practices in procurement and supply

• Diversity and Inclusion
• Managing supplier performance
• Diligent procurement
• Fair Trade Association
• Supplier diversity

1.0 Understand approaches that can be used to develop category management strategies

• A T Kearney's model
• Category management
• CIPS Category Management model

2.0 Understand the concepts, tools and techniques associated with managing expenditure

• Porter's 5 forces
• Market growth
• Stakeholders
• Financial analysis and reporting

3.0 Understand the strategic impact of a category management process

• Category management process
• CSR policies
• Market Analysis
• Category management
• Category management models

1.0 Understand the dynamics of supply chains

• Supplier positioning
• Adding value
• Value chain analysis
• Offshoring

2.0 Understand improvement methodologies that can be used in supply chains

• TQM
• Setting KPIs
• Six Sigma
• JIT

3.0 Understand measures required to achieve competitive advantage in supply chains

• Supplier relationship management
• Fixed and variable pricing
• Supplier rationalisation
• Setting KPIs

1.0 Understand aspects of projects in organisations

• Project management
• Resource levelling and loading

2.0 Understand the concept of organisational change and how it can be achieved

• Organisational change
• Change
• Change cycle
• Change management in procurement
• Stakeholders

3.0 Understand approaches to the planning and management of projects and change initiatives

• Gantt charts
• PERT and CPM
• Project management
• Change management in procurement
• Stakeholders

1.0 Understand the concept and scope of operations management

• Operations management
• Top down bottom up management
• Operational processes

2.0 Understand improvement methodologies that can be applied in operations management

• Benchmarking
• TQM
• Continous improvement
• Poka yoke

1.0 Understand the concept of logistics management

• Logistics
• Warehousing
• Material requirements planning (MRP)
• Bill of material

2.0 Understand capacity planning and control in logistics management

• Stock control
• Reverse logistics
• Master production scheduling

1.0 Understand the key stages which impact on the negotiation process and outcomes

• Negotiation
• Styles of Negotiation
• Negotiation techniques
• Game theory
• Market intelligence

2.0 Understand negotiation relationships and ethics

• Ethical Procurement
• CIPS Global Standard for Negotiation
• Cultural differences in negotiation

3.0 Understand methods and behavioural factors which can influence others

• Behavioural Procurement
• Emotional Intelligence
• Influencing Skills