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ADVANCED INSTITUTE FOR SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH (AISCR)

Vocational Training Centre of AISCR (VTC-AISCR)

Prepared for submission to the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training (MINEFOP), Republic of Cameroon

AISCR L2B — ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Advanced Institute for Supply Chain Research (AISCR)

Course Description

Provides a comprehensive, competency-based understanding of procurement and supply management principles, practices, and strategic frameworks as applied in private-sector and enterprise settings. Equips participants with the knowledge and practical skills required to source, negotiate, manage supplier relationships, and apply analytics and emerging technologies to procurement decision-making.

Course Duration and Credits

Specification Details
Qualification Level Level 2 (Advanced Professional Certificate), AISCR-NPQF
Duration 6 Months, delivered on a blended basis with guided self-directed study
Compulsory Core 6 units, 26 contact days, 38 Credits
Total Credits 38 Credits (fully compulsory, no electives required), within AISCR's standardised 30–40-Credit band for Level 2 Advanced Professional Certificates
Entry Requirements GCE Advanced Level / Baccalaureate or equivalent, or admission by Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in accordance with the AISCR Admissions Policy
Delivery Mode Blended — in-person or virtual contact days combined with guided self-directed study, delivered in English and French
Award AISCR Advanced Professional Certificate in Procurement and Supply Management

Course Outline

A Compulsory Core of all six AISCR Level 1 Professional Certificates within Family B — Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain Management. This certificate is already within AISCR's standardised 30–40-Credit band on its compulsory core alone, so no elective requirement applies.

Compulsory Core Units

Core Unit 1 (B1): PRIVATE-SECTOR PROCUREMENT FUNDAMENTALS + Click to expand Duration: 3 contact days | Credits: 5 | Notional Learning Hours: 50

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

  • Describe the procurement function within a private enterprise.
  • Explain the procure-to-pay cycle and standard purchasing documentation.
  • Process purchase orders in line with company policy and authorisation limits.
  • Support supplier onboarding and basic vendor master-data administration.
  • Track order status and delivery performance.
  • Apply sound record-keeping practice to purchasing transactions.
Core Unit 2 (B2): STRATEGIC SOURCING AND CATEGORY MANAGEMENT + Click to expand Duration: 4 contact days | Credits: 6 | Notional Learning Hours: 60

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

  • Conduct spend analysis for an assigned category.
  • Classify categories by risk and value using recognised supply-positioning models.
  • Develop a category sourcing strategy.
  • Run RFQ/RFP sourcing events and manage supplier shortlisting and pre-qualification.
  • Apply total-cost considerations to sourcing decisions.
  • Implement and review a category strategy.
Core Unit 3 (B3): SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC NEGOTIATION + Click to expand Duration: 5 contact days | Credits: 7 | Notional Learning Hours: 70

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

  • Apply supplier relationship management frameworks appropriate to supplier tiering.
  • Prepare a structured negotiation strategy.
  • Conduct a negotiation applying recognised tactics, principles, and distributive versus integrative approaches.
  • Manage multi-party and team negotiations, including conflict resolution.
  • Facilitate supplier performance reviews and relationship governance.
  • Close negotiations and document agreements.
Core Unit 4 (B4): SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL CONTENT + Click to expand Duration: 4 contact days | Credits: 6 | Notional Learning Hours: 60

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

  • Assess supplier capability gaps.
  • Design a supplier development plan and apply SME development principles.
  • Apply local content policy and regulatory requirements to procurement decisions.
  • Monitor supplier development programme outcomes and prepare compliance reporting.
  • Build long-term supplier capability.
  • Apply case-study lessons in supplier development to a live procurement context.
Core Unit 5 (B5): SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYTICS AND DIGITALISATION + Click to expand Duration: 5 contact days | Credits: 7 | Notional Learning Hours: 70

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

  • Apply data visualisation principles to build basic spend and performance dashboards.
  • Interpret common procurement and supply chain KPIs.
  • Apply digital analytics tools to a procurement dataset, including data quality and cleaning basics.
  • Interpret spend analysis reports.
  • Present data-driven recommendations to stakeholders.
  • Use analytics to support sourcing decisions.
Core Unit 6 (B6): ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAINS + Click to expand Duration: 5 contact days | Credits: 7 | Notional Learning Hours: 70

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, learners will be able to:

  • Describe common AI and machine-learning use cases in sourcing and demand forecasting.
  • Assess criteria for selecting an AI-enabled procurement tool, including data readiness.
  • Apply ethical principles and bias-risk awareness to the use of AI in procurement decision-making.
  • Evaluate vendor proposals for AI-enabled procurement tools.
  • Identify requirements for human oversight of AI-driven decisions.
  • Describe emerging trends in AI for procurement and supply chain management.

Assessment and Evaluation

Formative Assessment

  • Class participation and attendance (minimum 80% attendance required).
  • Weekly/unit quizzes.
  • Individual assignments.
  • Case study analysis.
  • Practical exercises and simulations relevant to each unit.
  • Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) documenting achievement of each unit's Learning Objectives, including elected units.

Summative Assessment

Conducted at the end of the training programme to evaluate learners' overall achievement of the course outcomes.

  • Group project and presentation.
  • Applied Procurement Project — development of a complete category sourcing strategy and supplier relationship management plan for a realistic case.
  • Final written examination.

Learning Resources

Recommended Textbooks

  • Purchasing and Supply Chain Management — Kenneth Lysons and Brian Farrington.
  • Strategic Procurement: Organizing Suppliers and Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage — Caroline Booth.
  • Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) Procurement and Supply Manuals.
  • Category Management in Purchasing — Jonathan O'Brien.
  • Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In — Roger Fisher and William Ury.
  • Supply Chain Analytics and Modelling — Nicoleta Tipi.
  • Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence — Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb.

Supplementary Resources

  • Case studies, including AISCR field material from African enterprise supply chains.
  • Sample RFQ/RFP documents, sourcing templates, and negotiation-planning tools.
  • Analytics and dashboard software demonstrations.

Delivery Methods

  • Onsite Training: face-to-face lectures, practical sessions and hands-on training.
  • Online Training: virtual classrooms, webinars, interactive modules and online assessments.

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