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have what it takes

to become MCIPS

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Why
CIPS is important to you
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
(CIPS) is the world’s largest procurement
and supply professional organisation. It
is the worldwide centre of excellence on
procurement and supply management issues.
CIPS has a global community of over 88,000
in 150 different countries, including senior
business people, high-ranking civil servants and
leading academics.
The work of CIPS has taken the profession
from backroom to boardroom where today’s
practitioners play a central role in the strategic
direction of their organisations.
Senior manager?
Senior manager?
High flyer?
Rising star?
Leading academic?
If one of these is If you’re eligible for this route, it means you Your membership will give you access to a
you and you work already make a contribution to the profession. network of people like you.
in purchasing,
Being recognised by your contemporaries as Members tell us that one of the key benefits of
procurement or supply
highly qualified in a profession that now sits membership is the ability to network at their
chain management,
at the heart of business is something you’ve own level and discuss problems, solutions and
you could be eligible
for the Management earned through your career. strategies.
Entry Route to full You’ll have direct access to valuable
As a full member you will be able to take the
membership of the information on the most up-to-date
contribution you’ve made further by being a
Chartered Institute of management tools and techniques – all
significant part of the global professional body
Purchasing & Supply available online.
for procurement and supply management,
helping to shape its future.
You’ll also have access to CPD online enabling
And aside from the feel-good factor of having you to continue to enhance and update your
the MCIPS designation on your business card, skills, knowledge and competencies.
there are a lot of tangible benefits too. You’ll
have something that will look good on your Seminars, conferences and local events held by
CV – and also maximise your value in the job more than 60 branches in the UK and overseas
market because you’re likely to earn more. will enable you to network and exchange
A recent survey conducted by Croner ideas, information and experiences with
Reward* in the UK shows members of CIPS others. And you’ll be entitled to vote at general
can expect to earn up to £2,000 pa more meetings and in elections for the Congress.
than non-members.
*Purchasing & Supply Rewards 2012.
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What kinds of people have successfully become MCIPS through this route?
What
kinds of people have successfully become
MCIPS through this route?
They typically will have at least five
years’ experience at a senior level
They are generally upper middle to
senior managers in the private and
public sectors
They can also be working in education
specialising in procurement and
supply chain management
They will be decision makers with
budget and situational sanctions
Their responsibilities will include both
fiscal and personnel decisions
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Are you
eligible to apply for MCIPS?
Recent successful candidates: Our criteria for assessing your
• Director, consultancy, 27 years’ experience in application covers all of these areas:
procurement – UK
• Commercial targets • Finance for procurement
• Director of Supply Chain Management,
public sector, 23 years’ experience in • Improving stakeholder delivery • Supply chain analysis
procurement – UK
• Supply Chain Specialist, glass manufacturing, • Purpose and direction • Communication
9 years’ experience in procurement – South
Africa • Working with others • Assessing/developing people
• Manager, IT procurement, airlines, 17 years’ • Supply base analysis • Building winning teams
experience in procurement – AUS
• Head of Procurement and Services, oil • Risk management • Project planning and budgeting
company, 12 years in procurement – Nigeria
• Negotiation skills • Project implementation and
• Senior Purchase Manager, private sector,
18 years’ experience in procurement – UK • Customer/client management control
• Director, financial services, 22 years’
• Contract management • Business acumen
experience in procurement – UK
• Head of Purchasing Integration, construction • Contract selection and legal • Problem solving and analysis
industry, 11 years in procurement – Germany
• General Manager, strategic procurement, • Procurement process
airline industry, 15 years in procurement – management
Hong Kong
• Head of Commercial and Procurement,
defence, 22 years’ experience in
procurement – Saudi Arabia

What
do you have to do?
How to apply The Management Entry Route
involves an uncomplicated process
For more information that is designed to enable you to
in the UK, email demonstrate your knowledge and
mer@cips.org or call experience. It is a robust, rigorous
your local CIPS office and transparent process to ensure
– full details on the you satisfy the standard for awarding
back cover. MCIPS.
To start the process you should join CIPS
as an Affiliate member (if you are not one
already) and provide us with a copy of your CV
that clearly demonstrates the extent of your
experience within supply chain management.
You will also need to provide us with a letter
from your employer confirming your position
or role together with a copy of your current
job description and organisation chart. We will
then carry out an initial assessment to see if
this route is appropriate for you.
Assuming this is the case, you must then pay
the assessment fee and complete an online
questionnaire that is designed to assess your
technical and professional competencies
and enables us to build an individual profile
of your knowledge and experience against
the standard for MCIPS. Your results will be
benchmarked against data held from more
than 9,000 procurement professionals.
The management entry route – step by step
Within one week of completing the
questionnaire you will be offered a telephone
interview date pre-booked at a convenient
time to suit your busy schedule. It will take
between 60 and 90 minutes and will further
explore your expertise. Its content is designed
to measure your managerial and technical
competencies against our benchmark of 20
areas (listed on page 5).
Within four weeks, you will receive detailed
feedback on your assessment. You will be
either:
• awarded MCIPS
• required to complete a development plan
to fill knowledge gaps
• or withdrawn from this route
If a plan has been identified as the appropriate
way forward, there will be an additional fee
payable which will be advised. The plan should
take you as little as three months to complete.
That’s how straightforward it is for you to get
the letters you deserve after your name.
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