MSc Purchasing & Supply Chain Management

MSc1st Semester

FUNDAMENTALS OF PURCHASING & SCM

• Introduction to purchasing
• Identification of purchasing needs
• International purchasing rules
• Expression of needs
• Purchasing costs
• Negociation basics
• Supplier relationship management
• Essentials of SCM
• Demand planning and forecasting
• Essentials of production planning
• Inventory management basics
•  Meetings with companies practitioners
• Tutorials
• Sourcing cases presentation

MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Introduction to business
• Mastering data in excel (e-learning)
• French language classes (or certification Voltaire)
• Thesis methodology I

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING

• Job marketing
• Individual counseling
• Meeting with practitioners

MSc2nd Semester

ADVANCED PROGRAM

• Global sourcing and contracting (case of emerging countries
• Negotiation advanced
• Purchasing per sector
• Purchasing costs and risks
• Business cases and professional testimonies
• Tutorials (problems + team work on purchasing project)
• Project management
• Business intelligence
• Digitalization
• Strategies with global strategy
• Alignment of purchasing and SCM
• Demand management
• Capturing innovation
• Lean, quality and continuous improvement
• Manufacturing planning and control system
• Inventory management and ordering systems
• Production activity and capacity control
• Physical distribution advanced
• MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Mastering data in excel (e-learning)
• French language classes (or certification Voltaire)
• Thesis methodology II

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING

• Job marketing
• Individual counseling
• Meeting with practitioners

MSc3rd Semester

PROFESIONNAL MISSION AND THESIS

• Master's thesis
• Oral defense
• Company assessment
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SEMINAR ON SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE

The Master of Science is a specialized Master’s programme that provides students with expertise in a certain area of specialization or domain. Students will also acquire general managerial skills and competencies that are essential to having an outstanding career in any field. This programme offer a co-diploma in partenership with ESC Clermont.

In a globalized and competitive world, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management are strategic assets for developing company performance. This programme enables students to acquire the concepts, methods and tools essential to becoming professionals in these fields, which offer numerous opportunities in all sectors of activity and whatever the size of the company.

Objectives of this programme

• Be in a position to manage purchasing activities in an international environment
• Be in capacity to drive supply chain (physical, financial and information flows)
• Acquire the skills to manage transformation and optimisation projects in a complex environment
• Be equipped with innovative techniques (digital, urban logistics, demand planning, etc.) in the field of purchasing and supply chain management

Targeted Skills

• Knowledge and practice of purchasing activities, methods and tools
• Acquisition of professional standards of competence in Supply Chain Management
• Development of a vision considering all flows and processes and focused on continuous improvement (Lean approach)
• Associated soft skills

Why choose this program ?

English-track programme

• A Conférence des Grandes Écoles diploma
• Multi-cultural environment
• Small-class cohorts
• Individualised coaching (courses, internship, thesis, job)
• The students build a real case of international sourcing, thus allowing them to implement the methods and tools taught
• Teaching based on real cases with the contribution of expert professionals
• Education based on the standards developed by APICS, the world leader association for Supply Chain Management. APICS is the global leader in Supply Chain certification programmes. This programme will provide the level required to pass the CPIM certification exam, recognised by companies worldwide
• Programme delivered in Paris with possible exchange with ESC Clermont (for some modules) / Possible pooling of academic projects between the two campuses.

• MSc - 2nd Year
• Master's degree/Baccalaureat +4 or any equivalent foreing diploma
• Curriculum Vitae and candidate questionnaire