Module 1: Leadership in procurement and supply
Understand the main leadership skills and behaviors that are appropriate for improving procurement and supply chain management
Critically evaluate the differences between leadership and management
Critically analyze the main approaches to leadership for improving procurement and supply chain management
Evaluate the main skills and behaviors evaluated the main influencing styles that can be used in the effective leadership of a supply chain that contributes to effective leadership for improving procurement and supply chain management
Be able to create a communication plan to influence personnel involved in a supply chain
Evaluate the main leadership techniques that can be used to influence personnel involved in a supply chain
Create a communication plan to influence personnel in the supply chain
Understand how to overcome common challenges faced by procurement and supply chain managers
Critically analyze the sources of power and how they can be used to overcome common challenges faced by procurement and supply chain managers
Evaluate the main tactics that can be used to influence stakeholders within supply chains to overcome common challenges faced by procurement and supply chain managers
Analyse how equality and diversity issues relating to the supply chain can be managed to improve the effectiveness of the supply chain
Understand the main methods to lead change in the supply chain
Evaluate the main methods of change management that can be used to develop the supply chain
Critically assess the main methods for resolving conflict with internal and external stakeholders to support change in the supply chain
Evaluate the importance of effective delegation to implement change successfully
Module 2: Corporate and business strategy
Understand the concept of strategy in organizations supply chains
Differentiate between corporate, business and functional levels of strategy in organizations in supply chains
Evaluate the main model for the development of strategy in organizations supply chains
Evaluate the relationship between the supply chain function and the achievement of corporate objectives
Understand the main elements of strategy formulation and implementation that impact on supply chains
Critically compare the main sources of competitive advantage for organizations in supply chains
Critically assess the main approaches to conducting analysis of the strategic position for organizations in supply chains
Evaluate how corporate and business strategic decisions impact on supply chains
Evaluate how a designed strategy can be implemented by organizations in supply chains
Understand the implementation of strategies in supply chains
Analyse the relationship between strategy and corporate, business and functional structures in organizations in supply chains
Analyse how to manage resources to support the development and implementation of strategy in organizations supply chains
Assess methods of achieving the commitment to strategic change by achieving cultural acceptance of strategies in organizations in supply chains
Evaluate how to use change management processes to address resistance to change and the causes of strategic drift in organizations in supply chains
Be able to develop a plan for the development of the supply chain functional strategy
Review the organization’s corporate and business strategies to inform the development of the supply chain functional strategy
Develop a plan for the supply chain function
Module 3: Strategic supply chain management
Understand how strategic supply chain management can support and influence corporate and business levels strategy
Critically assess the relationship between functional, business and corporate levels of strategy
Evaluate the contribution of strategic supply chain management to corporate and business strategy
Evaluate the impact of market change on strategic supply chain management to support and influence corporate and business levels of strategy
Critically compare the main approaches to the development and implementation of strategic relationship management in supply chains
Understand how different aspects of supply chain design can influence the supply chain strategy
Critically compare the main approaches to segmentation in designing supply chains
Analyse the main approaches to developing networked supply chains
Analyse the role of distribution systems in supply chain management
Evaluate the main ways of achieving lean and agile supply chains
Understand the main techniques to achieve effective strategic supply chain management
Review approaches to developing and implementing industry level collaboration to achieve effective strategic supply chain management
Evaluate the main approaches for the change management of stakeholders to achieve effective strategic supply chain management
Analyse the central approaches to measuring supply chain performance
Analyse how the development of knowledge and skills can help achieve effective strategic supply chain management
Be able to create a plan to achieve effective strategic supply chain management
Critically analyze the range of techniques that can be used to optimise the effectiveness of the supply chain
Develop/design a strategic supply chain plan
Module 4: Supply chain diligence
Understand the main implications of globalization on supply chain management
Critically assess the effect that globalization has on supply chains
Critically assess the impact of corporate governance on globalized supply chains
Critically appraise the integration of systems in globalized supply chains
Understand the main aspects of the corporate environment and their impact on supply chains
Analyse the main regulations that impact on the employment of people in supply chains
Evaluate the impact of main types of legislation and regulations on supply chains
Evaluate the impact of mergers and acquisitions on supply chains
Understand the main financial aspects that affect supply chains
Analyse how costs and finance can impact on supply chains
Critically assess the main methods for managing the volatility of currencies supply chains
Analyse the main methods for managing the volatility of commodities supply chains
Understand the main performance measures of the supply chain
Critically assess the main financial measures that can be applied to measuring the performance of the supply chain
Evaluate stakeholder feedback on the impact of supply chain strategy
Analyse approaches to benchmarking that can be applied to measuring the performance of the supply chain
Module 5: Programme and project management
Understand the main aspects of major programmes and projects
Explain the main aspects of major programmes and project
Evaluate the impact on supply chain relationships of undertaking major programmes and projects
Analyse the main resources for major programmes and projects
Analyse the project life cycles of major programmes and projects
Understand the main contracting issues for major programmes and project
Analyse contract forms for major programmes and projects
Evaluate the use of the main pricing mechanisms for major programmes and projects
Critically compare different contracting options for major programmes and projects
Recommend appropriate methods of investment appraisal techniques applied to developing contracts for major programmes and projects
Understand the main approaches to the planning of major programmes and projects
Critically assess the main aspects o structures for corporate governance
Critically appraise the common objectives for major programmes and projects
Analyse the main approaches to the management of risks for major programmes and project
Critically compare the main methodologies for the planning of major programmes and projects
Understand the main approaches to the control of major programmes and projects
Explain the main approaches to strategic cost management for major programmes and projects
Analyse the use of financial and management information on the performance of major programmes and projects
Analyse the impact on the supply chain that performance issues can have on major programmes and projects
Assess the implications on the supply chain of the closure of major programmes and projects
Module 6: Legal aspects in procurement and supply
Understand the main legal issues that relate to the formation of relationships in supply chains
Evaluate the contract formation process between suppliers and purchasers
Evaluate the impact of legal agreements on relationships between different parties in supply chains
Evaluate how the EU Procurement Directives affect the formation of legal relationships in supply chains
Be able to interpret and apply implied and express contractual terms that impact on procurement and supply
Review and revise the main express terms that are commonly applied in contracts procurement and supply
Interpret the main implied terms that relate to contracts in the procurement and supply of goods
Interpret the main implied terms that relate to contracts in the procurement and supply of services
Understand the main regulations that impact on procurement and supply
Critically assess intellectual property rights regulations in contracts in procurement and supply
Analyse employment regulations that impact on procurement and supply
Interpret how competition law regulations impact on procurement and supply
Understand the legal implications of contractual non-performance in procurement and supply
Analyse the main remedies that apply to the non–performance of contracts procurement and supply
Evaluate the legal consequences of terminating a relationship in procurement and supply
Analyse the main mechanisms for dispute resolution for resolving conflicts in procurement and supply