{"id":2480,"date":"2008-06-06T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/06\/06\/spsm-certification-reaches-3-new-countries\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:21:22","slug":"spsm-certification-reaches-3-new-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/spsm-certification-reaches-3-new-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"SPSM Certification Reaches 3 New Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of each new month, I dedicate a post to updating you on the new countries where a purchasing professional has become the first in his\/her country to earn the SPSM\u00ae<\/sup> Certification. So here are the three new countries from May\u2026<\/p>\n

Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today!<\/a><\/p>\n

1. England
\n2. Colombia
\n3. Ecuador<\/p>\n

One surprise is England. Though we have many purchasers from England enrolled in the Senior Professional in Supply Management\u00ae<\/sup> Program, it has taken our friends from across the pond a little longer to get through the program and earn their SPSM\u2019s. Of course, the program is a self-paced one, so purchasing professionals are welcome to complete the requirements as quickly or as deliberately as they would like.<\/p>\n

One item of note: I only started posting these updates recently. So you won\u2019t be able to find all countries where their are SPSM-certified purchasers on this blog. I\u2019m saving that for a big milestone we have coming up\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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