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The Purchasing Certification For 21st Century Purchasers... |
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SPSM CERTIFICATION |
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Are you tired of not getting
enough opportunities, respect,
and money out of your purchasing
career? Well, guess what?
Nothing will change unless you
take action towards becoming a
world-class purchasing
professional.
You see, today’s
employers refuse to reward
employees for yesterday’s
skills. They demand that
purchasing professionals like
you use the most modern skills
and achieve unprecedented
results. They want you to save
more money, achieve better
operational performance, and
reduce risk.
So how can you
acquire the most modern skills,
achieve meaningful results, and
convincingly prove your
capabilities to today’s
employers? There is an
impressive purchasing certification that communicates that you
are supremely qualified for achieving success. It is the Senior
Professional in Supply ManagementSM
(SPSM) Certification.
Earning your SPSM
CertificationSM is the action to
take if you want to bring the
most modern purchasing practices
into your organization and
achieve your career potential.
From reverse auctions and
eProcurement to strategic
sourcing to improving supplier
performance and more, you’ll
learn exactly how to deliver
results for your employer. And
when you make your employer more
successful, your own career
success is likely to follow!
How
will you benefit by earning this
purchasing certification?
- You get real-world
skills and strategies that
will help you perform better
in the workplace right away!
- You can demonstrate to
your employer how committed
you are to being the best at
what you do!
- You will join an elite
group of purchasing
professionals who are
reporting that the SPSM
Certification has helped
them get large pay
increases!
- You can use the SPSMSM
credentials after your name,
increasing the respect
you'll earn from your
management, co-workers, and
peers!
- You will qualify for the
type of high-paying jobs
that prestigious employers
advertise on our site!
- You get personalized,
expert support to ensure
that you can successfully
apply what you learn for
measurable results!
- You earn your purchasing
certification entirely
online - you can complete
the whole program whenever
and wherever you want!
- You get a beautiful
certificate and a valuable
award (pictured below) that
you can proudly display!
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By earning your SPSM
Certification, you will have the
pride of possessing a globally
recognized purchasing
certification. Prestigious
organizations - including many
Fortune 500 companies - from
throughout North America, South
America, the Caribbean, Europe,
Asia, Africa, and Australia have
enrolled their purchasers in the
SPSM Certification Program.
So how can you feel confident
that the SPSM Certification will
really help you have a more
rewarding career? Here are a few
other things to consider:
- The highly respected publication
Purchasing Magazine highlighted
the satisfaction of SPSM
graduates in their article
"Online Education Provider Gets
High Marks From Buyers"
- There are always dozens, if not
hundreds, of high-paying jobs
with employers who prefer the
SPSM Certification continually
posted on our
"Jobs For SPSM's" Web page.
- You can watch our
"SPSM
Certification Success Stories"
slideshow videos and hear real
purchasing professionals tell
you how earning the SPSM
Certification has helped them
get great jobs, excellent
performance evaluations, and
large pay increases. You'll be
encouraged to know that you can
reap these same rewards in your
career!
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Earning your SPSM Certification
is a three-step process. Here
are the three steps...
Step #1: Complete the six highly
personal and interactive online
classes of the SPSM
Certification Program. You earn
44 Continuing Education Hours (CEH's)
by successfully completing the
following online classes, in
this order:
- Mastering Purchasing
Fundamentals (6.5 CEHs)
- Microsoft Excel For Purchasing
Professionals (7 CEHs)
- Supply Management Contract
Writing (7.5 CEHs)
- Microsoft Project For Purchasing
Professionals1 (8 CEHs)
- 14 Purchasing Best Practices (8
CEHs)
- Savings Strategy Development (7
CEHs)
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1 If you don't have Microsoft
Project, you can obtain a free
trial version from
Microsoft's
Web site. |
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Step #2:
Take the SPSM Exam. This
online
exam consists of 90 challenging
questions covering material from
the six aforementioned online
classes. These questions
comprehensively test your
ability to apply skills to
situations that you may face in
your purchasing job. And, again,
you take it online meaning that
you DO NOT have to travel to a
testing facility. You can take
the exam from anywhere that you
have access to a computer
connected to the Internet. |
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Step #3:
Submit Your Purchasing
Certification Application. This
application helps you compile
all of the documentation
necessary to earn your SPSM
Certification. You don't need to
work on this application until
you've passed the SPSM Exam. |
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Getting started on your path to your SPSM Certification is easy.
We offer enrollment in the SPSM
Certification Program. With the
SPSM Certification Program, you
pay one price and get everything
you need to earn your SPSM
Certification. There are no
outside books, prerequisites, or
experience requirements.
Everything is included. |
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Sign
Up For The SPSM Certification
Program |
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When
you sign up, you will get access
to all classes of the SPSM
Certification Program within 24
hours. You can take each
class one lesson at a time,
whenever you want to, over a
period of up to two years. Once
you complete all six classes
with an average quiz score of
70% or higher per class, you are
eligible to take the SPSM Exam.
When you pass the SPSM Exam and
we approve your
application, you
officially become a Senior
Professional in Supply
Management*.
Even
though you have up to two years
to complete the SPSM
Certification Program, you can
earn your purchasing
certification even sooner!
The SPSM Certification Program
is totally self-paced. Here's
how it works...Each of the six
classes consists of eight
lessons. Each lesson takes
approximately 30 to 60 minutes
to complete. So, as an example,
if you are willing to dedicate
two hours per week to your
studies, you can earn your
purchasing certification in six
months or less. Check out this
table to estimate how long it
will take you to earn your
purchasing certification based
on your personal study habits: |
If you can dedicate
this amount of time to studying: |
You can earn your
purchasing certification in: |
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| More than 4 hours per week |
Less than 3 months |
| 4 hours per week |
3 months |
| 2 hours per week |
6 months |
| 1 hour per week |
1 year |
| 2 hours per month |
2 years |
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A
great thing about the SPSM
Certification Program is that
you are GUARANTEED to be able to
apply what you learn to your
work. That's right - your
online learning experience is
100% risk-free. If you are not
satisfied for any reason
whatsoever, let us know within
thirty days of signing up and
you will get a hassle-free
refund. But you’ll undoubtedly
be delighted, just like this
purchasing professional: |
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"Next Level
Purchasing should be
commended on a job well
done as far as the SPSM
Certification Program
course curriculum, exam
format and content. I
must admit that I was
very impressed with the
SPSM Exam - a
comprehensive test. I
consider it to be on par
with Microsoft
Certification Exams."
Francis J. DiMotta
Jr., SPSM
Inventory Control
Manager
Coram, New York |
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Hi. I'm Charles Dominick, the President of Next Level Purchasing. If you choose to improve your workplace performance and enhance your career by pursuing your SPSM Certification, I will make these three promises to you: |
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CHARLES' THREE PROMISES |
- You will develop
world-class supply
management skills! Each
major technique that you
learn has been used to
deliver measurable
results in the real
world for top-notch
organizations. You'll
learn how to apply these
techniques to deliver
those types of results
to your organization.
- Your online learning
experience will be more
than just interactive -
it will be PERSONAL!
You'll engage in
exercises and quizzes
with immediate feedback
and use our "Ask
Charles!" feature to
send an unlimited number
of instant messages to
me - your SPSM-certified
instructor. I will
personally respond to
your questions by email
within 24 hours.
Sometimes within
minutes! Even on
weekends! You even have
the option of requesting
a FREE “Video Reply From
Charles” delivered to
you by email. It’s
personal, face-to-face
instruction whether
you’re in the United
States, Europe, Africa,
or anywhere else in the
world!
- You will have FUN!
You’ll enjoy a truly
rewarding experience as
the reading material,
audio clips, and
exercises are lively and
entertaining as well as
educational. But don't
just take it from me.
Listen to what Matilde
Waizer, a Purchasing
Manager from Florida,
had to say: "I am really
enjoying the module and
applying the knowledge
acquired. It is fun and
the information is easy
to digest. Thank you!"
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If
you're wondering if the SPSM
Certification is right for your
industry, the answer is a
resounding "YES!" All
course material is developed
such that it can be successfully
applied to any industry -
manufacturing or services. The
industries represented by those
already enrolled in the SPSM
Certification Program attest to
that fact. Current SPSM
candidates are purchasers from
industries such as health care,
manufacturing, steel,
information technology, tourism,
minerals, research and
engineering, non-profit,
agriculture, and many, many
more! It is highly likely that
other purchasing professionals
from your industry have earned
or are in the process of earning
their SPSM Certification.
Earning your SPSM Certification
ensures that you won't be
falling behind your peers or
competitors. And if you sign up for the SPSM Certification Program on or before July 31, 2006, you will also get all of these bonuses, valued at over $700:
- FREE personalized
Performance Appraisal
Improvement Analysis by
email!
- FREE $30 gift
certificate to Amazon.com!
- FREE CD-ROM with
printer-friendly, PDF
versions of the class
material!
- FREE Purchasing
Performance Measurement
spreadsheet template!
- FREE audio CD entitled
"Career Survival In Supply
Management"!
- FREE access to
educational Web-audio
interviews with supply chain
leaders!
- FREE "Guide To Getting
The Most Out Of Your SPSM
Certification"!
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These
bonuses make the SPSM
Certification Program more than
just a purchasing certification
regimen. It is a true
performance improvement, career
advancement system!
Enrollment in the program and
all of the bonuses are yours for
only $1,149 (US) per student or
three bi-monthly payments of
$409 each. This
all-inclusive price includes six
classes, testing fees,
application fees, creation and
worldwide delivery of your
award, creation and worldwide
delivery of your frameable
certificate, and $700 in
bonuses! Compare this price with
$1,499 (not including hotel and
travel) for the 3-1/2 day
International Supply Management
Conference, $2,695 to earn the
CPA**, and $50,000 for a
master's degree***, and it's
clear that the SPSM
Certification Program is a great
value that you cannot afford to
pass up!
Don't procrastinate and lose out
on all of these bonuses! |
Click
here to sign up online now
or
Print
this form to sign up by mail
or fax. |
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Not
sure if you're ready for the
intensity or the expense of a
certification program?
You can take any class
separately and decide later if
you wish to use it towards SPSM
Certification! If this option is
best for your situation,
click
here to read about our no
obligation
Pay-As-You-Go
Certification Plan or click on
one of the links below to read
more about the individual class
that is the best fit for your
needs.
Need more information? Email
your questions to
spsm1@nextlevelpurchasing.com.
Individual Online Classes
Available:
Powerful Negotiation For
Successful Buying
Mastering Purchasing
Fundamentals
Microsoft Excel For Purchasing
Professionals
Supply Management Contract
Writing
Microsoft Project For Purchasing
Professionals
14
Purchasing Best Practices
Savings Strategy Development
Negotiation No-No's
(mini-course)
eSourcing 101 (mini-course)
Managing Supplier Performance
(FREE mini-course) |
* Recertification is required
every four years.
Recertification requires that
you earn 32 Continuing Education
Hours from Next Level
Purchasing, the Institute for
Supply Management and/or its
affiliates, and/or the American
Production and Inventory Control
Society.
** Cost of an online course and
four tests. Sources:
www.rogercpareview.com,
www.nasba.org
*** Source: www.albany.edu |
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