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Supply chain manager
Forecasting demand, buying at the right moment, holding inventory at the right level and delivering on time: the supply chain manager steers an entire chain. A function that has become central wherever product availability makes the sale.
Steering a chain, not a step
Forecasting opens the cycle: reading history, factoring in seasons and known events, agreeing a plan with sales. Purchasing follows, with the constant trade-off between the price of a large lot and the cost of holding it. Inventory is steered by reference, separating what must always be available from what can wait. Transport and providers close the loop, measured on service commitments held over time.
- Build a demand forecast and agree it with sales
- Define an inventory policy and a reorder point per reference
- Select and steer providers on service commitments
- Track the chain's total cost and arbitrate between lead time and price
The chains to steer
- Food distribution and fast-moving consumer goods
- Processing industry supplied internationally
- Mining and energy sites with imported critical spares
- Health and pharmacy, where a stock-out has an immediate cost
- Logistics providers operating for several principals
What you know before committing
The catalogue publishes these four values for every programme, and it publishes them before any application. A candidate knows what they are buying, an employer knows what they are funding, a panel knows what it is assessing. One set of figures travels through the whole file, which makes every step predictable.
- qualification level
- 6
- months of programme
- 12
- taught hours
- 800 h
- credits
- 80
- competency blocks
- 5
Manager and professional
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Supply Chain Manager » qualification, code TP24.
The detail of the assessed skills
Assessment covers these blocks, one by one, and nothing else. Each has its taught hours, its exercise and its validation criterion. That transparency has a direct effect on preparation: you work on what will be assessed, in the proportions in which it will be, and you measure your progress block after block.
- Designing the supply chain
- 200 (25 %)
- Procurement and suppliers
- 190 (24 %)
- Planning and flow management
- 210 (26 %)
- International transport and customs
- 150 (19 %)
- Managerial conduct
- 50 (6 %)
- Designing the supply chain · 200 h — Master plan, network, storage, cost-lead time-service trade-offs
- Procurement and suppliers · 190 h — Sourcing, tendering, contracting, evaluation, dependency
- Planning and flow management · 210 h — Demand forecasting, inventory, scheduling, service indicators
- International transport and customs · 150 h — Modes, Incoterms, customs regimes, total cost, compliance
- Managerial conduct · 50 h — Leading a team, handling stock-outs, deciding in degraded situations
Moving up to chain steering
Here are the paths open to this occupation, with their real cost and duration. A long programme installs the full base; a certificate targets a precise function and can be taken while keeping your job. Both strategies work, and the table gives what you need to choose between them.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Trade · Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 5 000 000 GNF per year |
| Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level · Master's degree | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 6 500 000 GNF per year |
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