Boost your knowledge of procurement with our free* Procurement Gateway Programme short course.

This non-accredited course is the ideal precursor to CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply. It is also the perfect standalone course if you have six-months experience in a procurement role and want to deepen your knowledge.

Fast-track your proficiency by learning key procurement terms and concepts. Learn about supply chains, the supplier and supplier sourcing, and understand different procurement activities, and how to structure and manage a procurement function.

You can either study live, via our online-based virtual classes, or at a time and pace to suit you with our Distance Learning study method.

*The cost will be fully refunded when you sign up to our CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply.

Procurement Gateway Programme

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What’s Included

One-year access to your learning material

Full access to our online learning platform

Downloadable podcasts

Certificate of completion

What’s Involved

This comprehensive short course provides insights to procurement essentials. You will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction to key terms and concepts of procurement and supply: procurement cycle, Five Rights of Procurement, types of purchases, specifications, and IT and procurement.
  • Introduction to the supply chain: definition, types of supply chain and networks, supply chain management and adding value.
  • Approaches to supplier sourcing: the supplier base, sourcing suppliers, bidding and tendering, gathering supplier information, and outsourcing.
  • Different procurement contexts: external influencing factors, procurement in different types of organisations and industries, public and ‘Third Sector’ sourcing, ethics.
  • Managing a procurement function: identifying and managing stakeholders, organisational structures, centralised and decentralised procurement structures, governance.

Distance Learning
£50 + VAT

Virtual Classes
£75 + VAT

The course cost is fully refundable when you sign up for CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply with Oxford College of Procurement and Supply.

This course is designed to get you up to speed with key terminology before starting your Level 4 Diploma in Procurement and Supply. Alternatively, the Procurement Gateway Programme can be studied as a standalone course, but it is expected you have at least six months’ experience in a procurement role, before applying for this course.

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