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Master Certificate in Advanced Procurement Management - Strategic Sourcing

Program Type

Certificate

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Courses

3 courses

CEUs

10.5

Next Start

02/01/2025

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Supply chains are becoming ever more complicated due to changing technology, fluctuating supply costs and unpredictable economic factors. Consequently, purchasing managers must be highly adaptive, knowledgeable and prepared to implement supply management strategies that will function within an organization’s competitive goals. This professional development program can help you gain the techniques and know-how to answer these ever-present challenges.

In today’s complex global business world, an organization’s overall success boils down to the efficiency and effectiveness of its supply chain. Competitive strength relies both on a firm’s products and the processes that provide products to customers. Effective supply chain management (SCM) enhances productivity and performance with the strategic combination of people, systems and technology to successfully compete in the global marketplace. Each online certificate program provides you with tools and techniques from experienced supply chain faculty and explores global trends and contemporary issues affecting, and affected by, supply chain management.

Brought to you by Michigan State University – ranked #1 in Supply Chain/Logistics programs by U.S. News & World Report 2018-2022 – this 100% online program delves into the indispensable part strategic sourcing plays in any organization’s overall success. It will illuminate time-tested approaches to reworking your sourcing strategies and reveal proven methods to accurately evaluate your existing and prospective suppliers.

What You'll Learn

Combine the indispensable knowledge of strategic sourcing with forward-thinking supply management strategies to:

  • Align your supply management strategy with your organization’s competitive strategy
  • Create supplier pricing models and scrutinize price reduction models
  • Improve your assessment system for present and potential suppliers
  • Best determine when and how to enlist third-party support
  • Lead your organization’s efforts to further promote ethical sourcing

Who Should Register

This program benefits mid- and senior-level professionals, as well as those aspiring to management-level positions. This Master Certificate in Advanced Procurement Management – Strategic Sourcing is ideal for those interested in evolving their supply base and strategic supply methodologies and anyone seeking more in-depth strategic sourcing knowledge and skills.

Curriculum & Tuition

Required Courses

Tuition

Average Cost Per Course: $2,480

About MSU’s Broad College of Business

Founded in 1855 on the ideals of democratization of knowledge, Michigan State University (MSU) is an inclusive, internationally recognized university with a mission of advancing knowledge and transforming lives. Michigan State University Online is the home to online programs from MSU's Eli Broad College of Business. These flexible programs are offered in a variety of structures and formats and designed for working professionals. Through the convenience of online, video-based e-learning with the added value of face-to-face networking in select programs, you can gain applicable industry knowledge and learn from the faculty thought leaders at one of the top research universities in the world.

Average Cost Per Course: $2,480

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!

Career Pathways

Aerospace Engineers
Agricultural Technicians
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Billing and Posting Clerks
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
Biostatisticians
Broadcast Technicians
Climate Change Policy Analysts
Clinical Data Managers
Clinical Neuropsychologists
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Clinical Research Coordinators
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
Community Health Workers
Compliance Managers
Computer Network Architects
Computer Network Support Specialists
Computer Systems Analysts
Computer and Information Research Scientists
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Data Scientists
Data Warehousing Specialists
Detectives and Criminal Investigators
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Financial Quantitative Analysts
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
Health Informatics Specialists
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
Healthcare Social Workers
Home Health Aides
Industrial Ecologists
Information Technology Project Managers
Intelligence Analysts
Legislators
Logisticians
Management Analysts
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Media Programming Directors
Medical Assistants
Medical Equipment Preparers
Medical Records Specialists
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
Medical and Health Services Managers
Mental Health Counselors
Molecular and Cellular Biologists
Natural Sciences Managers
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Nuclear Engineers
Nursing Assistants
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Operations Research Analysts
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Project Management Specialists
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
Purchasing Managers
Quality Control Analysts
Registered Nurses
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
Social Science Research Assistants
Social and Community Service Managers
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Statistical Assistants
Statisticians
Supply Chain Managers
Sustainability Specialists
Transportation Engineers
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians