Recognised as Europe's foremost supply management institute, the European Institute of Purchasing Management (EIPM) has appointed Intenda Training Academy (ITA) as its sole agent and partner for Africa to present the Certified Advanced Procurement Certificate (CAPC).
This highly sought-after accreditation has now officially positioned ITA as the preferred training academy in the spend management arena.
Through years of research, networking and close contact with its client companies, EIPM brings meaningful innovation to knowledge transfer, pedagogy and on-the-job earning.
The ITA is the first to respond to purchasing training needs with solutions that are both global and local, creating integrated programmes for purchasing training, implementing online pre-learning modules and post learning tutoring, and it has also developed an online assessment tool.
According to Professor Bernard Gracia, the CEO of EIPM, EIPM has concentrated on purchasing and supply chain management research, executive education and executive action learning. "Since 2002, EIPM has been developing its niche global network of certified trainers throughout the USA, China and Japan."
The EIPM was created in 1990 by 'companies to serve companies' in one of the most strategic and fastest growing functions - purchasing and supply management.
Pioneer founding companies include the likes of Alcatel, Philips and Nokia. Since then, organisations such as ABN Amro, Aventis, Alstom, Bayer, BASF, DuPont, Electrolux, EADS, Pechiney, Valeo and Thyssen have called on EIPM to develop their most precious resources - their human resources.
"Based on our global strategy, EIPM was very interested to develop a partnership in Africa and it was decided that South Africa would take the leadership for the region. As a result, the partnership between EIPM and Intenda will allow EIPM to support some of its global clients who are located in this region, including Unilever and Metso," adds Gracia.
Taking a more holistic approach to the training challenge which lies in the procurement field today, the ITA not only brings the EIPM international certification to the market, but also a of host other certified and accredited training interventions.
ITA has a recorded status with the Service SETA and is in the process of obtaining full accreditation with the Council for Higher Education (CHE) for the related interventions on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) at level 5.
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) assistant director, Josey Singaram, says to address the scarce and critical skills of our country, SAQA plays a critical role in ensuring that nationally relevant and internationally comparable qualifications and unit standards are registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
"The demand and uptake of unit standards provides the opportunity for accredited public or private providers to offer a range of skills programmes or qualifications to address such critical and scarce skills. In particular, skills training against registered unit standards ensure learners acquire the necessary competencies to make them more marketable, employable, competent, and successful."
The ITA's objective is to uplift spend management skills and competencies within the buyer and supplier communities. Its methodology is that of action learning that enables the candidates to apply their integrated knowledge to situations different from where it was obtained. Furthermore, Intenda's years of experience influences the applied integration of practice with theory that supports the methodology of ITA.
ITA's Theuns Basson says the difference, and the success that stems from it, is found in the expertise and renowned experience in the field of spend management. "Our values, such as integrity, respect of differences, openness and passion for our work in spend management guide us everyday as we are bringing professionalism with sustainable competitive advantages to the growing sophisticated purchasing management fraternity."
Not only was the ITA launched as a new concept to facilitate continuous learning and growth in South Africa, it also offers training interventions in one of the most strategic and fastest growing functions - spend management. Therefore, the ITA can be seen as a further extension to the current service offerings of Intenda - in order to positively contribute to the building of the spend management skills base in South Africa.
Gracia says the ITA will develop the correct level of competences in purchasing and supply management necessary to face the challenges of today and tomorrow. "The partnership with ITA is built to develop sustainable efficient education through talent assessments, certification programmes and in-house action learning workshops."
"Intenda's values and emphasis on action learning methodology has given the ITA an enviable reputation as the leading institute for education and training in the spend management field. Highly competent and qualified education, training and development staff deliver the training interventions and are qualified as per the requirements of the ETQA ie, assessors, moderators, ETDP facilitators," concludes Basson.
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The Intenda Training Academy's (ITA) objective is to uplift spend management skills and competencies within the buyer and supplier communities. The ITA's methodology is that of action learning that enables the candidates to apply their integrated knowledge to situations different from where it was obtained. Intenda's years of experience influences the applied integration of practice with theory that supports the methodology of ITA.
Taking a more holistic approach to the training challenge which lies in the procurement field today, the ITA not only brings the EIPM (European Institute for Purchasing Management) international certification to the market, but also a of host other certified and accredited training interventions.
The ITA was launched as a new concept to facilitate continuous learning and growth in South Africa. The ITA also offers training interventions in one of the most strategic and fastest growing functions - spend management. Thus, the ITA can be seen as a further extension to the current service offering of Intenda, in order to positively contribute to the building of the spend management skills base in South Africa.
Intenda's values and emphasis on action learning methodology has given the ITA an enviable reputation as the leading institute for education and training in the spend management field. Highly competent and qualified education, training and development (ETD) staff delivers the training interventions. The ETD staff are qualified as per the requirements of the ETQA ie, assessors, moderators, ETDP facilitators.
The ITA is the African partner for the EIPM to present the Certified Advanced Purchasing Certificate (CAPC). ITA has a recorded status with the Service SETA and is in the process of obtaining full accreditation with the Council for Higher Education (CHE) for the related interventions on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) at level 5. Our difference - and the success that stems from it - is found in our expertise and renowned experience in the field of spend management. Our values, such as integrity, respect of differences, openness and passion for our work in spend management guide us every day as we are bringing professionalism with sustainable competitive advantages to the growing sophisticated purchasing management.
The ITA is the first to respond to purchasing training needs with solutions that are both global and local; creating integrated programmes for purchasing training; implementing online pre-learning modules and post learning tutoring; and have an online assessment tool.
The European Institute of Purchasing Management (EIPM)
The European Institute of Purchasing Management (EIPM) was created in 1990 'by companies to serve companies' in one of the most strategic and fastest growing functions - purchasing and supply management. Pioneer founding companies included groups like Alcatel, Philips and Nokia. Since then, some of the largest worldwide operating groups such as ABN Amro, Aventis, Alstom, Bayer, BASF, DuPont, Electrolux, EADS, Pechiney, Valeo and Thyssen have called on EIPM to develop their most precious resources: their human resources.
Through our research, networking and close contact with our client companies, EIPM brings meaningful innovation to knowledge transfer, pedagogy and on-the-job learning. As a result, we are now recognised as Europe's leading supply management institute and the source for the most essential information on the profession.
Because of our specialisation, we are perceived as being truly different. We share this difference with every client regardless of location, and as a result, they naturally become part of the EIPM family. Even though we are based in Europe, our horizons are expanding more and more worldwide. Our mission is to bring you continuous education and support you throughout your career.
Intenda
Intenda is a distinguished South African-based organisation and is a global market leader in the spend management arena. Due to global demand for quality solutions, specifically in the spend management arena, Intenda has extended its offering into the European marketplace, from its UK office in Welwyn Gardens City, outside of London. As a wholly-owned South African company, Intenda is proud of its BEE initiatives, which it addressed early in the company's life cycle. Intenda is proud to be a 36.27% black empowered organisation, and is committed to attaining the goals and objectives set by the South African government with regard to its staff complement over time.
Intenda is focused on delivering world-class solutions, both in product and services. Furthermore, Intenda does not only focus on bringing the procuring organisation a multitude of business benefits. Intenda's Supplier solutions ensure ease of transacting between them and the procuring companies, making this solution a totally unique business toolkit for both parties.
Intenda's client base covers the national, provincial and local government sectors, as well as the mining, petrochemical, health and financial sectors, among others in the private sector. Having already established itself in the private and public sectors, Intenda's holistic approach to the spend management environment makes it the only local company that provides a total end-to-end solution.
Clients include: Anglo American Coal, Anglo American Platinum, Sasol Group, Gold Fields, JD Group, South African Police Services, Department of Defence, Department: National Treasury, Department: Provincial & Local Government, Department: Home Affairs, Department: Agriculture, Department: Mineral & Energy, Department: Land Affairs, Department: Public Enterprises, Nedbank, SITA, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Mogale City Local Council, Midvaal Municipality, Windhoek Municipality, Emfuleni Municipality,, Nedbank, Old Mutual, First National Bank, Medi-Clinic, Pure-Uv, National Health Services (UK) and others.
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