MSc Purchasing & Supply Chain Management ESLSCA Business School

The Master of Science is a specialized Master’s program 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 program offers a co-diploma in partnership with ESC Clermont.

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

Why choose this program?

• English-track program.
• A Conférence des Grandes Écoles diploma.
• Multi-cultural environment.
• Small-class cohorts.
• Individualized 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 is based on real cases with the contribution of expert professionals.
• Education is based on the standards developed by APICS, the world leader association for Supply Chain Management. APICS is the global leader in Supply Chain certification programs. This program will provide the level required to pass the CPIM certification exam, recognized by companies worldwide.
• The program is delivered in Paris with possible exchange with ESC Clermont (for some modules) / Possible pooling of academic projects between the two campuses.

1st Semester

Fundamentals of Purchasing & SCM

• Introduction to purchasing
• Identification of purchasing needs
• International purchasing rules
• Expression of needs
• Purchasing costs
• Negotiation 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

2nd 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 + teamwork 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

3rd Semester

Professional Mission and Thesis

• Master's thesis
• Oral defense
• Company assessment

Seminar on Supply Chain Resilience

Objectives

• 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 optimization 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.

Supply chain

• Project manager supply chain
• Demand planner
• Production planning coordinator
• Inventory manager
• Supply manager
• Warehouse manager
• Consultant

Purchasing

• Category/family buyer
• Project Buyer
• Capex buyer
• Industrial buyer
• Service buyer
• Public sector buyer
• Purchasing project manager
• Consultant