This three-year advanced diploma program provides you with the in-depth understanding of how the increasingly strategic nature of purchasing influences other major functional areas of an organization. The program will help you pursue careers in purchasing, supply chain management, inventory management or logistics.

You will also build a practical understanding of contemporary management theory and learn about tools that are essential to managing the supply base of an organization. Your learning will be enhanced through seminars, plant tours, case analysis and business simulations. Your learning will be further advanced by current and industry expert faculty members.

Skills

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

• Supply chain
• Purchasing
• Inventory control and management
• Leadership
• Decision-making
• Ethics
• Strategy formulation
• Project management
• Communication
• Teamwork

Work Experience

Field Placement

Students with the desire and the minimum GPA requirement will have the opportunity to participate in a field placement program to gain practical work experience in the supply chain field.

Your Career

When you graduate from this program, these are the types of career options that you can explore:

• Purchasing manager
• Supply chain lead
• Inventory control specialist
• Procurement and supply chain associate
• Supply chain and logistics analyst
• Supply chain co-ordinator
• Supply chain analyst

Seneca college is delivering this program in an online format in September 2021.