Training structure
Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology
Presentation
The Professional Bachelor's Degree in Purchasing and Supply Management, specializingin Purchasing Management in the Public Sector, aims to place students who have obtained a Bachelor's Degree (180 credits) in Level II jobs in both the public and private sectors in purchasing and supply management professions. This degree offers the opportunity to sit civil service exams for category C and B positions. It offers a work-study program and is open to continuing education.
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Success rate
Objectives
Provide training in the profession of buyer or buyer-procurement officer, primarily for state public services (health, education, local government, security and armed forces), but also for the private sector.
Know-how and skills
- Analyze and define a purchasing need
- Develop a purchasing strategy
- Execute a trade
- Ensure quality control
- Monitoring supply
- Initiate and manage new projects related to purchasing for the department
- Write in English and French
- Master Excel.
Organization
Special facilities
Continuing education (partial accreditation of prior learning). High-level athletes.
Program
Traditional program:
Successful completion of the program earns students 60 European credits (ECTS) and a bachelor's degree. The program includes430 hoursof classes, 120 hours of group project work, and a 16-week internship.
The group project must address a purchasing issue raised by companies or answer a purchasing-related question submitted by the teaching team. The supervised project is defended at the end of semester 5.
The internship, which is carried out independently by the student, must be a preparation for a career as a buyer or procurement officer. Possibility of validation of prior learning.
SEMESTER 5
EU 51: Purchasing function environment
- Ethics and professional conduct in purchasing
- Legislation and organization of public administration
- Public procurement law
- Strategic marketing
- The specific features of public accounting
EU 52: Relationship tools
- Purchasing marketing
- Negotiation and purchasing techniques (seminar)
- Interpersonal relationship management
- Information technology
- English
EU 53: Civil service exam preparation
- The civil service
- Exam preparation
EU 54: Tutored project
SEMESTER 6
EU 61: Professional Development
- Operationalization of purchasing
- Financial approach to the purchasing process
- English
- IT and purchasing
- Public procurement procedure law
- Project management
EU 62: The Fundamentals of Negotiation and Procurement
- Buyer-supplier relationship management
- Sourcing/searching for partners
- Public procurement, subcontracting, competition
- Procurement and purchasing logistics
- Purchasing optimization and quality
UEE 64: Internship
PLEASE NOTE: Very few places are available.
Work-study program: apprenticeship contract and professional training contract
Work-study or professional training contracts can be signed with private or public companies.
Students can propose these to the training organization. The training organization can also propose them to students. A contract in the application file is a plus for recruitment.
The training includes 430 hours of teaching, 120 hours of projects, and 15 weeks of classes at the IUT (University Institute of Technology) for 30 weeks in a company, 16 of which are allocated to a professional assignment (purchases made independently).
For both programs: Aweek ofawareness-raising about civil service competitions(local government, hospitals, universities, etc.) is included in the diploma.
Classes are taught by university lecturers and professionals.
Select a program
Procurement management in the public sector
The GASP professional degree offered at the Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology allows students to pursue a course of study entitled "Purchasing Management in the Public Sector."
The Professional Bachelor's Degree aims to place students who have obtained a Bachelor's Degree (180 credits) in Level II jobs in both the public and private sectors in the fields of purchasing and procurement. This Bachelor's Degree offers the opportunity to sit civil service exams for Category C and B positions. It offers a work-study program and is open to continuing education.
Admission
Target audience
Two years of higher education (BTS, DUT, L2) in any field, with a desire to develop a career in purchasing // Continuing education.
Mandatory prerequisites
Two years of higher education (BTS, DUT, L2) in any field, with a desire to develop a career in purchasing
Recommended prerequisites
None, except an attraction to the sales function.
And after
Continuing education
The objective of the professional degree is rapid integration into working life, not further study.
Continuing studies abroad
The objective of the professional degree is rapid integration into working life, not further study.
Gateways and reorientation
Possible pathways and reorientation
Professional integration
- 80% within 30 months of graduation.