Apprenticeship training course
Senior procurement and supply chain professional (level 6)
Set the procurement and supply chain strategy.
- Qualification level
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6
Equivalent to degree. - Typical duration
- 30 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Sales, marketing and procurement
- Maximum funding
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£18,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Category manager
- Commercial manager
- Head of procurement and supply chain
- Procurement manager
- Senior buyers
- Supply chain manager
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Identify and apply a consistent approach to risk assessment.
- Use impact analysis to influence the decision making process.
- Develop category strategies and implement them.
- Apply project management skills in order to lead projects for procurement.
- Negotiate and challenge external stakeholders in order to create innovative commercial solutions.
- Influence and persuade internal clients and stakeholders.
- Create and implement intervention strategies to correct a contractual failure.
- Identify opportunities, and lead change to continually improve the procurement function.
- Able to align the procurement or functional strategy with the business strategy.
- Analyse, interpret and evaluate findings from qualitative and quantitative research and benchmarking methods to support the decision making process.
- Deliver sustainable solutions which include corporate social responsibility factors.
- Lead and be accountable for due diligence in supplier selection and contract award.
- Use horizon scanning and conceptualisation to deliver high performance strategies focusing on value and sustainable outcomes.
- Identify supply chain vulnerabilities and opportunities ensuring the delivery of supply chain improvements.
- Prepare and provide commercial and procurement guidance for business cases for organisational approval.
- Apply and work within guidelines relating to sustainability, Governance and Regulatory compliance.
- Develop sustainable procurement practices which allows the organisation to future proof themselves against changes in social, economic, and environmental factors.
- Contribute to projects and the transformation of procurement services across organisational boundaries such as those impacted by sustainability and the UK Net Carbon Zero target.
- Identify emerging technology and software relevant to the procurement processes.
- Lead and facilitate learning and continuous development for their stakeholders.
- Use quality management systems or improvement methodologies to optimise procurement spend and deliver procurement and supply chain objectives.
- Coach and mentor individuals within their business.
Full information on Senior procurement and supply chain professional (level 6) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.