CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma — Prep
CIPS 6 级专业文凭备考
Overview
CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma — Prep is part of our Certification Prep portfolio (Exam prep). It runs as a 5-day or 10-day course, in the classroom in 40 cities or live online, and can be delivered in-house and customised for your organisation. This course prepares candidates for the CIPS examination; the credential itself is awarded by CIPS.
Available in English or Chinese, and as bilingual delivery for joint-venture and Chinese-led project teams in the Gulf and Africa.
You will be able to
- Explain the principles, terminology and standards behind CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma — Prep.
- Apply CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma — Prep methods to real cases from the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
- Work through mock exams and question analysis to master the exam format and timing.
- Leave with templates and an action plan for your own workplace.
Who should attend
Professionals preparing for the CIPS examination
Course outline
5-day programme (days 1–5)
Exam orientation and diagnostics
- CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma — Prep: eligibility, application and exam format
- Body of knowledge and reference documents
- Diagnostic test and personal study plan
- Procurement and supply environment
Domain review I
- Sourcing and supplier selection
- Negotiation
- Practice questions with explanations
Domain review II
- Contract and supplier management
- Ethics, CSR and sustainability
- Practice questions with explanations
Domain review III
- Category management and strategy
- Procurement and supply environment
- Calculations and scenario questions
- Weak-area clinic
Mock exam and exam strategy
- Full timed mock exam
- Answer review and coaching
- Exam-day strategy and time management
- Study plan to the exam date
The 10-day programme adds days 6–10
Deep dive I
- Procurement and supply environment
- Sourcing and supplier selection
- Advanced question sets
Deep dive II
- Negotiation
- Contract and supplier management
- Advanced question sets
Deep dive III
- Ethics, CSR and sustainability
- Category management and strategy
- Case-based questions
Second mock exam
- Full timed mock exam 2
- Item analysis by domain
- Targeted revision
Final review and next steps
- Rapid review of key formulas and rules
- Application and exam booking support
- Continuing education and recertification
- Certificate of attendance
Where it runs
Middle East: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Al Khobar, Doha, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, Istanbul
Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Vienna, Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Lisbon, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Athens, Edinburgh
Africa (in-house and live online): Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Accra, Addis Ababa, Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Kigali, Dakar, Abidjan, Kinshasa, Maputo, Tripoli
Live online for every time zone, including East Asia.