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Strategic Procurement, MSc, University of Portsmouth

the United Kingdom

University of Portsmouth

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About Strategic Procurement, MSc - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

Prepare for your procurement leadership career with this fully CIPS accredited MSc Strategic Procurement course. 

With a focus on strategy, sustainability and digital transformation, you’ll graduate ready to make a direct impact on your company’s future. You’ll even have a professional exam exemption — so if you choose to become an associate Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) member you’ll have one less step to complete. 

As a professional with a Master’s degree in procurement, you’ll contribute to the strategic decisions of your company, shaping the way it achieves success in managing its supply chain, suppliers and supply markets as well as internal business stakeholders.

Build an in depth understanding of the methods and roles of procurement in business as you explore digital procurement technologies, use ERP (such as SAP) tools, and access our SAP Next Gen facilities on this masters programme.

You’ll learn how to enact world class procurement processes, drive business transformation and explore procurement's critical role in securing advantage through sustainability management. You’ll develop procurement and sourcing strategies for different business scenarios, discover goal and performance metrics, and perform in active simulations in case examples as you study.

Whether you hold an undergraduate degree in a logistics or business related subject, or you’re a professional looking to upskill, this course will help you build your procurement and negotiation skills as well as your understanding of procurement processes. You don't need to have studied maths to enter this course.

Course highlights

  • Gain hands-on experience with SAP digital procurement tools
  • Earn a CIPS exam exemption when you complete the course
  • Discover strategies for different business needs
  • Attend an in-house conference with procurement professionals
  • Apply your knowledge in active simulations and training events
  • Network with professionals including procurers, consultants and head-hunters
  • Learn from lecturers with experience as senior procurement managers and CPOs from multiple industries

Career development

Procurement professionals excel in both the public and private sectors, with the UK government alone holding more than a thousand procurement vacancies in 2022.

You’ll graduate from this MSc Strategic Procurement degree in an excellent position to enter the evolving procurement sector or progress your current career in the industry. 

The procurement profession is governed by the UK Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), with a structured career path from graduate buyer to Chief Procurement Officer. If you choose to join CIPS as a member after you the course, you’ll start your career journey with a module exemption. 

The average UK salary for a graduate trainee/buyer in 2021 was £27.5k, with UK procurement professionals earning an average of £53k (CIPS 2023 Salary Guide).

Procurement has a role in all fields of commerce, including private and public sectors, large and small organisations, and manufacturing and service based enterprises — so you can work in any sector that interests you. 

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/masters-and-postgraduate-taught/fees-and-funding

Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications. Equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications will also be considered, such as previous study, employment, voluntary work and training courses, including courses and qualifications you didn't complete.

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