CIPS Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Purchasing and Supply

Convert your experience in purchasing and supply into a valuable qualification with this advanced course from the leading professional body in the field. You'll build on your current learning, and delve into the more involved aspects of negotiation, contract development and successful supply relationship management. By studying and applying effective strategies, you'll learn to maintain quality while managing costs - a highly valuable skill in our cost-conscious economic times.

What will I study?

Effective Negotiation in Purchasing and Supply

  • Learn how to prepare, plan and participate in the negotiation process, discovering how to achieve best value within the supply chain. Gain the skills to analyse costs and markets effectively. Consider various legal implications that affect negotiations. Understand how to avoid conflict while maintaining the balance of power.

Developing Contracts in Purchasing and Supply

  • Understand the complexities of both the legalities and commercial issues of contractual arrangements entered into with external organisations. Gain an underpinning knowledge of the legalities of the formation of contracts as well as the key ingredients of any commercial arrangement.

Measuring Purchasing Performance

  • Discover how to measure the effectiveness of the supply chain and its contribution towards aiding the competitiveness and effectiveness of an organisation. Learn how to evaluate supplier performance and how to make suggestions for future improvements.

Managing Purchasing and Supply Relationships

  • Discover how to develop and manage effective relationships, old and new, within the supply chain. Consider methods of review, and learn how to identify opportunities for establishing new relationships. Gain the skills to enhance the performance of the supply chain. Explore the benefits and risks of relationships.

Purchasing Contexts

  • Learn how to apply the fundamental principles of purchasing and supply in a variety of different contexts, including a range of private sector organisations, the public sector, national and local government, the NHS, and the not-for profit sector. Consider the procurement cycle as it applies to a diverse range of purchased products and services, both domestically and in an international context.

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