ESC Clermont with ESLSCA Business School Paris MSc Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
Program overview
Description of the MSc
The Master of Science is a specialised Master’s programme that provides students with expertise in the Supply Chain area.
With this 12 months programme, students will acquire general managerial skills that will allow them to have a fulfilling career in any field. This programme will allow students to obtain a co-diploma, in partnership with ESC Clermont Business School.
In a globalised and competitive world, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management are strategic assets for developing a company's performance.
This programme enables students to acquire concepts, methods and tools that are essential to becoming professionals in this ever-growing field.
Curriculum (courses, subject modules)
MSc 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
- Introduction to lean manufacturing
- Meetings with companies' practitioners
- Tutorials
- Sourcing cases presentation
SHARED MODULES
- Thesis methodology
- Mastering Data in Excel (e-learning)
- French language skills
- Job Marketing
MSc 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 + team work 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
SHARED MODULES
- Strategic management
- Information systems for managers
- French language skills
- Meeting with practitioners
MSc 3rd Semester
PROFESIONNAL MISSION AND THESIS
- Master's thesis
- Oral presentation
- Company assessment
Admission conditions
Required diploma(s) :
- Master
Tuition & Fees
Between 12950 and 12950 €
Employment opportunities & career impact
Employment opportunities :
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