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Purchasing and Procurement

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Purchasing and procurement involve sourcing goods, negotiating contracts, managing suppliers, controlling costs, and ensuring timely delivery. Strong processes support quality, compliance, efficiency, and value creation across organisational operations and growth.

Certificate in Purchasing and Procurement
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Overview

The Purchasing and Procurement Course will help you to get to grips with purchasing and procurement, understand the practices of organisations that do this well and look at how to apply this in your own workplace. It will help you to contribute to purchasing projects, engage stakeholders and to obtain increased value and performance from your suppliers.

This Purchasing and Procurement Course is designed to help you to get to grips with purchasing and procurement, understand the practices of organisations that do this well and look at how to apply this in your own workplace. It will help you to contribute to purchasing projects and to obtain increased value and performance from your suppliers. You will learn about developing and agreeing specifications for goods or services, engaging stakeholders as you do so. You will explore a variety of tools used in supplier selection and develop an understanding of the basics of negotiations.

The course was audited and updated on: 7th March, 2026

Course design

The course is delivered through our online learning platform, accessible through any internet-connected device such as laptop, tab or smartphones. There are no formal deadlines or teaching schedules, meaning you are free to study the course at your own pace. 

You are taught through a combination of

  • Video lessons
  • Online study materials

Certificate of Achievement

Endorsed Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme

After successfully completing the course, learners will be able to order an endorsed certificate as proof of their new achievement. Endorsed certificates can be ordered and get delivered to your home by post for only £109. There is an additional £10 postage charge for international students.

CPD Certification from One Education

After successfully completing the MCQ assessment of this course, you will qualify for the CPD Certificate from One Education, as proof of your continued professional development. Certification is available in PDF format, at the cost of £9, or a hard copy can be sent to you via post, at the cost of £15.

Endorsement

This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

Assessment

To simplify the procedure of evaluation for learners, we provide an automated assessment system. Upon completion of an online module, you will immediately be given access to a specifically crafted MCQ test. The results will be evaluated instantly, and the score displayed for your perusal. For each test, the pass mark will be set to 60%.

Why study this course?

The Purchasing and Procurement course is open to all, with no formal entry requirements. All you need is a passion for learning, a good understanding of the English language, numeracy and IT, and to be over the age of 16.

Course Curriculum

Certificate in Purchasing and Procurement
Module 01: Supply Chain Basics
Module 01: Supply Chain Basics 00:17:00
Assessment Module 01
Module 01 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 02: Role of Procurement in an Organisation
Module 02: Role of Procurement in an Organisation 00:23:00
Assessment Module 02
Module 02 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 03: The Purchasing Cycle
Module 03: The Purchasing Cycle 00:14:00
Assessment Module 03
Module 03 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 04: Purchasing Toolkits
Module 04: Purchasing Toolkits 00:32:00
Assessment Module 04
Module 04 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 05: Managing Competitive Bids
Module 05: Managing Competitive Bids 00:22:00
Assessment Module 05
Module 05 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 06: Quality Management
Module 06: Quality Management 00:40:00
Assessment Module 06
Module 06 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 07: Supplier Relationship Management
Module 07: Supplier Relationship Management 00:22:00
Assessment Module 07
Module 07 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 08: Analysing and Reducing Risk in the Supply Chain
Module 08: Analysing and Reducing Risk in the Supply Chain 00:15:00
Assessment Module 08
Module 08 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 09: Improving Efficiency and Accuracy
Module 09: Improving Efficiency and Accuracy 00:10:00
Assessment Module 09
Module 09 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 10: Category Management
Module 10: Category Management 00:31:00
Assessment Module 10
Module 10 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 11: Inventory Management
Module 11: Inventory Management 00:24:00
Assessment Module 11
Module 11 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Module 12: E-Procurement
Module 12: E-Procurement 00:23:00
Assessment Module 12
Module 12 Final Quiz Exam – Purchasing and Procurement 00:10:00
Recommended Readings
Recommended Readings – Purchasing and Procurement 1 week
Optional Assignment
Optional Assignment – Purchasing and Procurement 1 week
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