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EIPM Global Executive MBA Dr Hervé Legenvre, PhD, MBA Director

hlegenvre@eipm.org

EIPM

The best place to discover secrets for achieving competitive

advantage by orchestrating a unique supplier ecosystem

Strong connections with the Business Community

Creator of the EIPM-Peter Kraljic Award

The pioneer for Purchasing Academies and Executive Education

A world class faculty bringing together academic excellence and

practitioner relevance

A place where leaders regularly exchange on leading edge

concerns

An international footprint: Europe – Asia – Americas – Africa

Learning and sharing across borders

A Global Executive MBA with a Purchasing specialisation

Unique opportunities for High Flyers to strengthen their

contributions to their businesses

Access to outstanding practices and reliable contacts

Projects that deliver value to the business

A flexible programme

COMPANIES LOVE IT

SOME COMPANIES HAVING SPONSORED EIPM MBA’s

Companies’ Feedback

“Very international with great network, offers global vision, teaching

state of the art approaches with up-to-date methods and tools.”

“The EIPM MBA is very well built, with professional, experienced

professors.”

“Graduates communication around the business issues and the

solutions they propose make a big difference compared with the rest of

the people in their organisations.”

“The EIPM MBA represents a step function in peoples’ careers.”

“EIPM has created a unique “eco-system.”

What’s new?

Elite group

Executive MBA

Specialisation in

Purchasing & Supply

Management Real cases from

EIPM network

World class Faculty

Now in Europe, China, India

Sharing

Leading edge

companies

Flexibility

Leading transformations across the supply chain

New programme structure

The programme starts in January in Europe and in April in Asia

14 Modules

Three modules taken in common in Europe, India and China

Virtual classrooms

Other modules as a la carte in Geneva or Shanghai

Five days of course-work per week

Module validation by examination and assignment

A project that delivers value to the business

A SOLID CURRICULUM

Foundation courses:

• Finance and Management Accounting

• Business Strategy

• International Economics and Finance

• Business to Business Marketing

• Human Resource Management, Leadership & Organisational Behaviour

Specialised courses:

• Purchasing Strategy: Development and implementation

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Operations and Supply Chain Management

• Virtual Hub week

• International Negotiation and Influencing skills

• Latest Development in Purchasing

Advanced courses

• Team Building and soft skills

• Strategic Information Systems

• Shaping a Responsible Future

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Learning through games and simulations

An international learning experience

A journey across cultures

Three modules bring together all participants.

Modules take place in China, India & France

An assignment based on a real case is performed in

small groups. It studies real international

collaboration, its strategic relevance and its

leadership challenges

Arjan Van Weele and Lisa Ellram with EIPM students

Solving real problems

Purchasing Concentration

Four purchasing specialisation modules

Available in France as a 4-week summer school

Available over 4 months in China

Executive Participants from other companies are invited

to join and bring real strategic problems to

serve as consulting assignments

Uncertainty

Innovation

Strategic

alignment

Stakeholder

orientation

Value

Collaboration

Ecosystem

Exploring new frontiers of purchasing

FACULTY

The EIPM MBA programme faculty is drawn from our own

experts and visiting faculty

Professors are selected based on their academic and practical

experience coupled with proven capability in facilitating a case-

oriented programme

EIPM enjoys a partnership with EM Grenoble and has close

relationships with other leading schools, including SDA

Bocconi, Babson College, Cranfield and Ashridge

The majority of MBA faculty are full Professors at Doctorate

level and have international teaching experience.

Peter Kraljic teaching during the EIPM MBA Master Class

SOME FIGURES

Founded in 1991

25+ nationalities

More than 50 companies

60% of the participants are company sponsored

Average age: 33

Average work experience: 7 years

EIPM Graduation

MBA ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

University degree or equivalent

At least 3 of years professional experience

For those without a university degree: 8 years minimum

professional experience at a managerial level

International experience

Personality and motivation

Possibly, a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or

equivalent score report if English is not your business language

Thank you

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