Certified International Purchasing
Consultant (CIPC)
Program Introduction
The Certified International Purchasing Consultant (CIPC) program will help
purchasing and supply management professionals to either consult or teach
purchasing to people outside of their own employer.
The Certified International Purchasing Consultant (CIPC) is designed for US and
international business practitioners by the International Purchasing and Supply
Chain Management Institute (IPSCMI), It is particularly appropriate for those
individuals who wish to increase their purchasing consulting skills. A Certified
International Purchasing Consultant (CIPC) certification demonstrates that you
are knowledgeable about the practice of purchasing consulting skills in the
International commercial environment.
Program Goals and Objectives
Completion of the CIPC program will enable the certified individual to:
·
Explain how to uses
supplier financial accounting information;
·
Measure supplier
performance using rating systems and/or predetermined standards;
·
Explain how to plan,
organize, and conduct a negotiation conference;
·
Explain how to develop
global procurement plans stemming from organizational goals;
·
Employ the several methods
of forecasting used in the purchasing process;
·
Resolve quality problems
with suppliers and user departments;
·
Explain the impact of
motivation on productivity and job satisfaction;
·
Learn the general knowledge
of management processes and functions.
Who Should Attend?
·
Professionals in
purchasing, materials, and supply chain management.
·
Business and Contract
Managers
·
Import-export dealers
·
International marketing and
sales personnel
·
Anyone who wishes to be a
CIPC or wants to be trained in International Purchasing Consulting
Examinations
This Certification Program is a core certification program of The International
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute (IPSCMI). This program
offers the designation of CIPC (The Certified International Purchasing
Consultant) to candidates who demonstrate their understanding of the
fundamentals of the profession through the successful completion of rigorous
professional certification examinations based upon the INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING
CONSULTANT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (IPCBOK).
Completion of the certification program requires completion of a multiple
choice examination. The examination is prepared by a Board of Examiners
consisting of a range of Certified, Sustaining, and Educator Members within the
International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute (IPSCMI).
The examination locations are determined by the individual candidates and their
proctors. A proctor may be an individual who is currently an active Certified
Member, or a manager, supervisor, teacher, professor, or anyone of such
standing. Each proctor is determined on a case-by-case basis. IPSCMI wishes to
make it possible for every qualified candidate to complete the certification
program in a convenient and timely manner.
Professional
Designations
Successful candidates are granted the designation of CIPC. This
certification may be used just as similar recognitions which are employed in
accounting, insurance, medicine, law, and other professions. Either the
full expression or the initials may be used after the individual’s name on
business cards, stationery, etc.
Time Limitation
The Board of Examiners realizes that many applicants are employed on a
full-time basis and, as such, are limited in the amount of time available to
prepare for the examinations. Without some guiding time requirement, however, candidates
tend to lose the concept of the examination program and the material covered.
Therefore, the Board of Examiners has established a five year maximum time
limit for acceptance of completed requirements. The time limitation may
not be waived without the approval of the Board of Examiners.
Participants Will Learn
·
Accounting and Economics
·
Business Mathematics
·
Business Law and
Negotiations
·
Purchasing Management
·
Current and future trends
in management consulting
·
General Knowledge of
Management Processes and Functions
·
Underlying understanding of
PESTLE
·
Depth in Specialist
Technical/Professional Skills
Program Outline
I.
Accounting and Economics
a)
supplier financial accounting information
b)
analysis market types
c)
evaluating markets and potential suppliers
d)
price elasticity of demand
II.
Business Mathematics
III.
Business Law and Negotiations
a)
when and where UCC applies and when it does not
b)
the basic elements of the anti-trust laws
c)
reciprocity and the legal implications of reciprocity
d)
the different types of warranties
e)
the principles of negotiation
f)
basic elements for negotiation process
g)
strategies and tactics for negotiations
IV.
Purchasing Management
a)
the principles of purchasing
b)
the advantages and disadvantages for different sourcing
c)
methods of procurement
d)
E-Procurement tools
e)
global trade barriers
f)
inclusion in the international contract for purchase
V.
Current and future trends in management
consulting
a)
the consulting process
b)
proposal development
c)
contracting/ implementation
d)
interacting with clients
VI.
General Knowledge of Management
Processes and Functions
a)
management Processes
b)
planning and organizing
c)
leading, controlling and directing
d)
organizational Analysis and Behavior
e)
project/Process Management
f)
Change Management and strategy
VII.
Underlying understanding of PESTLE
VIII.
Depth
in Specialist Technical/Professional Skills
Requirements for certification
·
AA degree OR more than three years of
experience in business.
·
Satisfactory completion of a 3 hour
examination covering “the INTERNATIONAL PURCHASING CONSULTANT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
(IPCBOK)”.
·
Completion of an application for
certification and payment of all fees.
