Certification Application for new and Experienced Procurement Professionals.
This application helps ensure the certification level you start with, is the right strategic fit for your role, experience level and objectives.
Typically, CIPP is the starting path for all procurement executives and CIPM requires CIPP + minimum 5 years' experience.
Exemptions are made on a case-to-case basis for direct enrollment to CIPM for those with more than 10+ years experience AND manager/leader role.
CIPL requires completion of CIPM and 10+ years experience AND manager/leader role.
A Note for Experienced Procurement Professionals
Most senior procurement professionals approach certifications with healthy skepticism. Many of our applicants do too.
After 10, 15, or 25+ years in procurement, they expect a familiar experience: Structured content. A final test. A certificate.
But, when they complete our certifications they tell us this:
I went in thinking it might just be a recap of things I already knew, but I was wrong.
Vincent Mous - Head of Procurement - Johson & Johson - Singapore- CIPL Certified
As a procurement professional with over 25 years of experience, I came in skeptical, but I was proven wrong.
Mayra Uceta - Senior Director Procurement - Reynolds American Inc. CIPM & CIPL Certified
I had expected the typical certification course where we review materials and then test. [But CIPP] raises the bar on my expectations for future certifications.
Scott Finley – Procurement Manager - Johnstone Supply* – US - CIPP Certified
*After completing CIPP, Scott got hired by MGM Resorts International as Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing
Why this keeps happening?
Our certifications are not delivered by career trainers or academic lecturers.
They are led by former CPOs and senior procurement practitioners who have:
- Led real procurement functions
- Managed executive stakeholders
- Made trade-offs under commercial pressure
Practitioners like:
- Don Klock - Former CPO of Colgate,
- Richard Beaumont - EVP of Central Procurement for Rolls-Royce,
- Martin John - Global Procurement Head for BAT or
- Richard Nixon - No, not the ex-president, but the Director of Procurement & Strategic Sourcing for KPMG.
Their experience shapes how the program is taught and shows up in:
- How concepts are explained, not as theory but as decision-making tools
- How discussions are facilitated, grounded in real trade-offs, not ideal scenarios
- How emerging topics like AI, influence, and strategy are approached, pragmatically rather than academically
For seasoned procurement leaders, this creates a different learning dynamic.
They are not being “taught procurement”. They are challenged by peers who have been there.
That is why even professionals with 10, 20, or 25+ years of experience consistently say:
“I was wrong about what I expected.”
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