On Demand: NIGP Public Procurement Supplier Masters Designation

The knowledge gained through achieving your certificate will help you build a stronger partnership while providing you with a comprehensive understanding of procurement best practices and restrictions. The following competencies compose NIGP Supplier Essentials Certificate:

Mission and Public Benefit
Ethics, Integrity and Transparency
Enabling Regulations and Compliance
Legislation and Legal Environment
Strategy - Social Responsibility Alignment
Requirements Planning and Understanding
Cost, Price and Value Analysis
Standardization
Sourcing and Contracting Methods
Specification Development
Evaluation Methods
Negotiations
Protests and Appeals
International Procurements
Contracting
Debriefing

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Mid-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as senior buyers, managers, directors, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who either provide procurement functions that support entity programs under delegated authority, or who already have a good understanding of basic procurement principles but wish to get more in-depth, hands-on training.   

• Professionals who are employed by local governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly funded or created entities) who either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

• Supplier managers and supervisors seeking to understand the public procurement function from a more in-depth holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.