In this practical 1.5-day course (or 6 x 2-hour sessions), you will evaluate the leadership skills and behaviours required to gain organisational and stakeholder commitment to strategic improvement and change, and the ethical practices, standards and regulations that affect the procurement and supply function. Choose the short course on its own, or add the optional CIPS L6M1 exam to earn 12 credits towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
Description
Is senior leadership bypassing procurement, and do you need more influence to change it?
In this practical 1.5-day course (or 6 x 2-hour sessions), you will evaluate the leadership skills and behaviours required to gain organisational and stakeholder commitment to strategic improvement and change, and the ethical practices, standards and regulations that affect the procurement and supply function.
Globalisation and ever-changing markets call for influential leaders who can think and act strategically, and this is especially true if you lead the procurement and supply function. Strategic leadership is the ability to make and communicate decisions that enhance your organisation's prospects for long-term success while maintaining long-term financial stability. You will focus on the leadership skills and behaviours needed to achieve the objectives and improvements your organisation seeks.
Delivered by AcademyGlobal faculty who are experienced procurement practitioners and hold MCIPS or FCIPS qualifications, the course combines practical activities, group discussion and locally relevant examples drawn from the Australian and New Zealand procurement environment.
AcademyGlobal is Australia and New Zealand's first and only CIPS Centre of Excellence, recognising the quality of our CIPS teaching, learner support and study centre delivery.
Choose your learning pathway
Two pathways, depending on your goals.
Option 1: Short course
Build practical skills you can apply immediately in the workplace. Complete the course and receive an AcademyGlobal Certificate of Course Completion recognising your professional development. There is no requirement to become a CIPS member or sit an examination.
Option 2: Short course + CIPS exam
Build your skills and progress towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply. Complete the course and register for the official CIPS L6M1 exam. Pass the exam to earn 12 credits towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply.
Eligibility: you need the CIPS Level 4 Diploma and Level 5 Advanced Diploma first.
What the course covers
• The differences between leadership and management
• Approaches to leadership, from traits and situational leadership to transformational leadership
• Communicating a vision and influencing senior management, other functions and external stakeholders
• Management by objectives, KPIs, coaching, mentoring and emotional intelligence
• Stakeholder analysis, stakeholder mapping and communication planning
• Sources of power and how to use them to overcome leadership challenges
• Equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) across the supply chain
• Leading organisational change and managing resistance to change
• Conflict management with internal and external stakeholders
• Ethical practices, supplier due diligence and regulations supporting ESG (environmental, social and governance) compliance
What you will be able to do
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
• Evaluate the differences between leadership and management
• Analyse approaches to leadership for improving procurement and supply chain management
• Evaluate influencing styles that can be used in the effective leadership of a supply chain
• Evaluate how to create a communication plan to influence stakeholders in the supply chain
• Contrast the sources of power and how they can be used to overcome common leadership challenges
• Evaluate methods of change management and assess methods for resolving conflict to support change in the supply chain
• Examine ethical practices and standards that support ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations in global supply chains
• Assess regulations that impact the ethical employment of people
Course format
• Duration: 1.5 days or 6 x 2-hour sessions
• Delivery: in person or virtual, with practical activities and group discussion
• CIPS module: L6M1 Strategic Ethical Leadership (https://www.cips.org/qualifications/professional-diploma-in-procurement-supply/strategic-ethical-leadership)
Fees
• Standalone short course: $875 incl. GST per participant
• CIPS pathway: $1,095 incl. GST (includes one year CIPS student membership)
• The CIPS exam fee is set by CIPS and paid separately (https://www.cips.org/membership/exam-member-fees)
Assessment
Option 1: Short course. This option is for participants who wish to complete the training without undertaking a CIPS exam or other formal assessment. On completion of the course, you will receive an AcademyGlobal Certificate of Course Completion, confirming your participation in and completion of the training. This option does not include assessment, a CIPS examination or credits towards a CIPS qualification.
Option 2: Short course and CIPS exam. After completing the course, you can sit the CIPS L6M1 Constructed Response (CR) exam during one of CIPS’ scheduled exam periods throughout the year (see the CIPS exam schedule: https://www.cips.org/students/exam-success/exam-schedules). A pass gives you 12 credits towards the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply. To sit the exam, you must first have achieved the CIPS Level 4 Diploma and the CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Procurement and Supply, which are the CIPS entry requirements for Level 6. This applies only if you choose to sit the exam. You do not need them to attend this course.
The L6M1 exam is a computer-based, three-hour Constructed Response examination. Rather than selecting answers from multiple-choice options, you are required to construct and type your own responses, using an essay-style or case-study approach to demonstrate your understanding and application of the module content. CIPS uses Constructed Response examinations across its Diploma-level qualifications.
CIPS offers remote invigilation, allowing you to sit the computer-based exam from a suitable location such as your home or office, provided you meet CIPS’ technical and examination-environment requirements. The examination is completed on CIPS’ computer-based examination platform and is supervised remotely by an online invigilator.
For a remotely invigilated examination, you will need an appropriate desktop or laptop computer, stable internet connection and a suitable private environment in which to complete the exam. CIPS provides instructions and technical checks to help candidates prepare for remote examination day.
The exam fee is set by CIPS and paid separately (see the CIPS exam fees: https://www.cips.org/membership/exam-member-fees). AcademyGlobal will take care of your exam registration and provide administrative support throughout the process.
You must hold current CIPS membership to sit the examination. If you are not already a CIPS member, the CIPS exam pathway fee includes one year of CIPS student membership.
