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Expert insights, guidance and videos on key procurement and supply topics

  • Over 95 EXCLUSIVE member only pieces of content
  • Over 165 detailed pages across 16 key procurement and supply topics
  • Over 1740 glossary terms simplified
 

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Category management

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Contract management

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Ethics

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Finance

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Negotiation

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Operations management

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Procurement fundamentals

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Procurement technology

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Quality & Measurement

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Risk and resilience management

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Sourcing

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Stakeholder management

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Strategy

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Supplier relationship management

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Supply chain management

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Sustainability / ESG

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ED&I Hub

CIPS is committed to promoting, supporting and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) in the procurement profession. We believe the benefit is clear: a profession where everyone can participate and reach their full potential. 

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Career Development

A career in procurement and supply is exciting and varied — it’s about buying things, and so much more! As a procurement and supply professional, your main role is to get the best value for money purchases, but also being mindful of how your goods are made.

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Maximise you career and earning potential - webinar

Watch this webinar to discover: How to negotiate your salary and benefits to best position yourself for your next career move. The skills organisations need to meet future needs and how to maximise your earning potential.
 

Procurement and supply cycle

Explore our procurement cycle and the steps involved

Contract management cycle

Apply the contract management cycle within your organisation

Category management cycle

Take a look at the category management cycle in action and how to implement it.

Resources and training

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Training courses

Accelerate your learning with our dedicated training courses, whatever skills you need to develop, we have the training.

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Optimise your supply chain

CIPS Procurement & Supply Services offers organisations a flexible toolkit to ensure the challenges of today can be met head on.

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Take the free healthcheck

The CIPS Procurement Excellence Programme is a comprehensive assessment of your procurement function.

Official Knowledge Partners

Thought leadership, innovation, expertise – delivered in partnership with the leading organisations in procurement and supply.

 

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CIPS Procurement & Supply Jobs

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