Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Taught)

Our Procurement and Supply Chain Management MSc builds upon our world-renowned Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc. This purchasing postgraduate course has been co-designed with senior procurement and supply chain professionals. It will provide you with the specialist knowledge and skills in procurement and supply chain management that you need to further your career in this sector. It shares course content, including modules and other course activities, with our world-renowned Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc course.

• We have one of the largest faculties in Europe, and many of our faculty are regarded as leading experts in this area, combining excellent reputations for teaching with experience drawn from the commercial world.

• Our approach to teaching is designed to nurture your practical business skills and confidence and places a huge emphasis on real-world challenges.

• You will gain an in-depth understanding of: supply chain strategy and sustainability; procurement strategy; supplier selection and evaluation; negotiation and contract management; how to analyse and design effective supply chain operations; how to use data, models and software to solve problems and inform decisions; inventory and operations management; accounting; freight transport and project management.

• You will have the opportunity to attend a study tour and experience a supply chain perspective in a different economic region in Europe.

• You will also have the opportunity to participate in other course activities including warehouse visits and simulation games.

• You will have the opportunity to study within a truly international environment, with students and academics coming from over 50 countries.

Core modules: supply chain strategy and sustainability; principles of strategic procurement; inventory and operations management; accounting and finance; analytical techniques for supply chain management; information systems and ebusiness; freight transport; supplier selection and evaluation; negotiation and contract management; project management introduction. Electives: logistics outsourcing; performance measurement in the supply chain; business process outsourcing; designing and managing resilient supply chains; simulation; retail logistics; six sigma; sales and operations planning; humanitarian logistics; social network analysis in a supply chain context; planning and resourcing for road freight transport.

Taught modules 60%, individual project 40%

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Logistics and Transport, Chartered Institute of
• Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply