Why Complete a Supply Chain Management (formerly Purchasing) Certificate?

• Demonstrates you have developed core supply chain management skills.
• Add to your resume to show your supply chain management skills are current.
• Good first step towards completing a business degree at some point in future.

Career Options

• Purchasing Managers, Buyers and Agents.  Overall employment of purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents is expected to increase 7 percent during the 2008-18 decade, which is as fast as the average for all occupations. Employment of purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products—the largest employment group in the industry—will experience faster than average growth as more companies demand a greater number of purchased goods and services.
• Logisticians.  Logisticians analyze and coordinate an organization's supply chain--the system that moves product from supplier to consumer.  They manage the entire life cycle of a product, which includes how a product is acquired, distributed, allocated, and delivered.  Forecasted growth rate over the next ten years:  26%.
• Supply Chain Management Career Trends.  Supply chain management (SCM) is involved in every aspect of getting products to customers, from raw materials to consumption. The outlook for supply chain management looks healthy.
  

Supply Chain Management Certificate (formerly Purchasing)
Certificate of Achievement
State Program Code:  22975