MSc Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
- November 2024 - April 2025
- Master's degree (Bac+4)
- Full english
- 12950
- Full-time
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 18 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.
Why enrol in an MSc Purchasing and Supply Chain Management?
The Master of Science in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management will allow you to follow a fully English programme at the heart of Paris.
A one of a kind Master's degree in Purchasing and Supply Chain
The latest health and geopolitical crises in the world have propelled a renewal of sourcing and an unprecedented flexibility in risk management. This MSc, taught by the academics from ESLSCA Business School as well as trained professionals will give our students the opportunity to get two degrees: one from ESLSCA business School, the other one from the triple internationaly accredited ESC Clermont Business School .
This is the course to follow for someone who wants to stand out in front of a recruiter, namely thank to:
- The opportunity to be trained for the CPIM certification exam;
- A curriculum based on the APICS programmes;
- A teaching fully based on concrete business cases.
High-level skills
Purchasing is of great importance to manage a company. The system of supply chains is constantly renewed and managers need to build on the skills they have acquired on this course in:
- Sourcing policy;
- Relocation;
- Strategic or safety stocks;
- Risk management.
Buyer, Purchaser, Supply Chain Manager, Stock Manager, Demand Planner or Flow Manager are the most sought after positions that you can access after obtaining this MSc Purchasing and Supply Chain with ESLSCA Business School Paris.
Why choose this programme?
- English-track programme
- Collaborative program with the esteemed ESC Clermont Business School, recognised by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles
- Multi-cultural environment
- Small-class cohorts
- Individualised coaching (courses, internship, thesis, job)
- The students build a real case of international sourcing, thus allowing them to implement the methods and tools taught
- Teaching based on real cases with the contribution of expert professionals
- Curriculum in line with APICS standards, setting students on a path to global recognition and a chance to prepare for the CPIM certification exam
- Programme delivered in Paris with possible exchange with ESC Clermont (for some modules) / Possible pooling of academic projects between the two campuses.
Score out of 10 on the development of their skills and competencies.
Graduates 2023
Objectives of this MSc
- Knowledge of concepts, methods and tools to plan, steer and control projects
- Leadership in project management through business, technical and soft skills
- Lean principles, agile methods and digital tools as new paradigms in project
- Associated soft skills
MSc Purchasing and Supply Chain 2024/2025 Program - 18 months / 570 hours
Delivery methods:
100 % face-to face
65% lectures | 35% tutorials
To know more on teaching methods, please go to our dedicated page.
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
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
PROFESIONNAL MISSION AND THESIS
- Master's thesis
- Oral presentation
- Company assessment
Diploma recognition
Accredited diploma by CGE (Conférence des Grandes Écoles) in co-degree with ESC Clermont Business School.
Targeted Skills
- Be in a position to manage purchasing activities in an international environment
- Be in capacity to drive supply chain (physical, financial and information flows)
- Acquire the skills to manage transformation and optimisation projects in a complex environment
- Be equipped with innovative techniques (digital, urban logistics, demand planning, etc.) in the field of purchasing and supply chain management
Enrolment is open all year round and closes once the number of students has been reached (limited places per class).
Application deadline: November 11th, 2025. After these dates, please contact the Admissions department directly via [email protected].
Admission procedure
Pre-selection of the application including:
- CV
- Application questionnaire
- Skills assessment interview
Selection Criteria
- A 4-year bachelor degree or any equivalent foreign diploma (240 CTS)
- Professional English Proficiency (official TOEFL score of 550 and above or TOEIC of 750, or IELTS 6.0)
Jobs openings
- Category/Family Buyer
- Project Buyer
- CAPEX Buyer
- Industrial Buyer
- Service Buyer
- Public Sector Buyer
- Purchasing Project Manager
Assessment procedures
The curriculum is divided into three semesters with the last week reserved for examinations.
The grading of students is in accordance with the ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) standard promoted by the European Union. The evaluation system complies with the internal regulations of the 2025-2026 studies; the average of a course or a module makes it possible to appreciate the efforts made by each student and to give him/her elements of decision in his/her academic and professional choices.
It includes elements of continuous assessment, the evaluation of different assignments and the grade obtained during the semester assessments.
Under the direction of the Director of the School, the school jury meets once a year to decide on the case of each student (passing, repeating, reorientation).
A student validates his/her year with 90 ECTS (i.e. 30 ECTS per semester) and an average of 10/20 per module, knowing that 5 is an eliminatory mark for a course.
In addition, all the pedagogical conditions must be fulfilled:
- Master's thesis
- Oral defense
- Company assessment
Any student who does not obtain an average of 10/20 in a module will be called to the make-up session to retake the exams that will have been defined by the passing jury.
A second School Jury will take place after the remedial session to decide on the case of each student: conditional passage for alternating students over 2 years, repetition, reorientation, exclusion, gap year.
Bridges, equivalences and continuation
Bridges and equivalences
There are no bridges or equivalences: all modules must be completed before enrolling in the programme.
Continuing your studies
It is entirely possible to continue your studies after the MSc Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, provided you have the necessary prerequisites, such as enrolling for a thesis or completing another specialised MBA.
MSC presentation by Yvon Doukhan
Yvon DOUKHAN, program director of the MSc in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management in partnership withthe triple internationaly accredited ESC Clermont Business School , gives an overview of the program and what it ill be like to study at ESLSCA Business School Paris.
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