CIPS Practitioner
Scotland Excel CIPS Corporate Award Practitioner Programme (SCQF7 : HNC Equivalent)

Cohort#5 starts on 31 March 2020. Cohort#6 to be scheduled.

Scotland Excel delivers the CIPS Corporate Award Practitioner to the Scottish public sector as a first step to candidates obtaining MCIPS (i.e. full membership of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply). MCIPS is an internationally recognised award which represents the global standard for a procurement and supply professional. Highlights of this programme include:

• content that is specifically customised by Scotland Excel’s procurement experts for the Scottish public sector
• applied-learning methodologies foster deeper learning than via exams
• the collaborative and co-operative activities and the work-based assignments, in which candidates practically apply key procurement skills to real-life work, drive learning directly and immediately into the purchasing organisation providing a return on investment, and
• face-to-face or online workshops are complemented by guided learning opportunities through Scotland Excel’s award-winning online Academy

Register your place, express an interest, or request further information by contacting Helene.Holden@scotland-excel.org.uk or telephone 0141 618 7436.

CIPS Advanced Practitioner
Scotland Excel CIPS Corporate Award: Advanced Practitioner programme for the Scottish public procurement sector (SCQF Level 8 and 9: HND and Degree equivalent) 

Cohort#3 started on 26 February 2020.   Cohort#4 to be scheduled.

Scotland Excel delivers the CIPS Corporate Award Advanced Practitioner to the Scottish public sector. Combined with three years’ experience this qualification entitles candidates to MCIPS (i.e. full membership of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply). MCIPS is an internationally recognised award which represents the global standard for a procurement and supply professional.
Highlights of this programme include:
• content that is specifically customised by Scotland Excel’s procurement experts for the Scottish public sector;
• applied-learning learning methodologies foster deeper learning than via exams;
• the collaborative and co-operative activities, and the work-based assignments and the Live Business Project, in which they practically apply key procurement skills to real-life work, drive learning directly and immediately into the purchasing organisation providing a return on investment; and
• face-to-face or online workshops are complemented by guided learning opportunities through Scotland Excel’s award-winning online Academy.

Register your place, express an interest, or request further information by contacting Helene.Holden@scotland-excel.org.uk or telephone 0141 618 7436.