CIPS Management Entry Route (MER) to MCIPS

The CIPS Management Entry Route (MER) lets experienced procurement and supply professionals in senior strategic roles gain MCIPS membership without sitting the CIPS qualification exams. Transights, a CIPS Approved Centre and Study and Exam Centre in Cairo, prepares you for every stage in 11 sessions (33 hours).

Career history, full job description, a testimonial from your line manager on company letterhead (or a self-certification letter), confirmation that the CIPS Ethical Procurement and Supply eLearning and test is up to date, and an organisation chart showing your role. CIPS application fee: £1,000.

2a: an online competency assessment of about 90 minutes in one sitting, within 45 days of receiving the link, on the themes of the CIPS Global Standard at Professional level. 2b: a recorded video interview by Zoom or Teams on the same themes.

Within 30 days of the interview. If you pass, you are upgraded to MCIPS, and the welcome pack and certificate follow within 60 days. If not, you get a detailed development report, and a paid development plan may be offered if the gap is in up to 3 of the 10 themes.

MER is a CIPS route to MCIPS membership for experienced procurement and supply professionals in senior strategic roles. Instead of studying for and sitting the CIPS qualification exams, candidates are assessed through an online competency assessment and a recorded video interview.

Procurement and supply chain professionals in a senior strategic role, with relevant experience over roughly the last 10 years. Candidates who are between roles or on a career break can also apply.

Stage 1: application through MyCIPS with your career history, job description, a line-manager testimonial (or self-certification letter), proof that the CIPS Ethical Procurement and Supply test is up to date, and an organisation chart. Stage 2: a 90-minute online competency assessment and a video interview, both based on the CIPS Global Standard at Professional level. Stage 3: results within 30 days of the interview.

The CIPS assessment process usually takes 30 to 60 days. Transights' preparation course is 11 sessions, 33 hours in total (3 hours per session).

CIPS sends a detailed report on the areas to develop. If the gap is in up to three of the ten Global Standard themes, CIPS may offer a development plan for an extra fee, to be completed by a set deadline.

Transights is a CIPS Approved Centre and Study and Exam Centre in Cairo (centre 005778760). The preparation course covers the CIPS Global Standard themes, the competency assessment and interview practice, and support with your application documents.