{"id":3501,"date":"2016-03-11T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T17:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2016\/03\/11\/the-benefits-of-the-spsm-certification-in-bullet-points\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T08:54:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:54:18","slug":"benefits-of-the-spsm-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/benefits-of-the-spsm-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of the SPSM Certification in Bullet Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Between our website, the press coverage we receive, questions procurement professionals ask us, and more, all of us here at the NLPA tend to go on and on about the benefits of the SPSM Certification. We\u2019re just that passionate about how the SPSM helps procurement departments and procurement professionals!<\/p>\n<p>Well, we decided that perhaps we needed to complement our elaborate ravings with something a bit simpler. So, here is a list of the benefits of the SPSM Certification in brief bullet points!<\/p>\n<p>Employers who have enrolled their procurement teams in the SPSM Certification Program have reported these benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greater cost savings<\/li>\n<li>Better overall workplace performance<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced credibility with management and internal customers<\/li>\n<li>Support for best practice implementation and change management<\/li>\n<li>Greater team unity<\/li>\n<li>A stimulated and highly skilled team<\/li>\n<li>The enjoyment of performing more strategically<\/li>\n<li>Improved ability for all team members to perform more independently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Procurement professionals who themselves have earned the SPSM Certification have reported these benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pay increases<\/li>\n<li>More respect in the workplace and from suppliers<\/li>\n<li>Promotions<\/li>\n<li>Being more qualified for better procurement jobs<\/li>\n<li>Better workplace performance that leads to better performance reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/businesses\/membership\/\"><u>Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/spsm-vs-cpo-suite\/\">SPSM vs. CPO Suite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-procurement-promotion-that-you-lost-but-didnt-even-know-that-you-were-considered-for\/\">The Procurement Promotion That You Lost (But Didn\u2019t Even Know That You Were Considered For)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/procurement-interview-questions\/\">Procurement Interview: Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/improving-your-procurement-teams-skills-requires-this-commonly-forgotten-element\/\">Improving Your Procurement Team\u2019s Skills Requires This Commonly Forgotten Element<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/are-your-purchasing-job-descriptions-outdated\/\">Are Your Purchasing Job Descriptions Outdated?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NLPA Learning Recommends<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Are You Chief Procurement Officer Material?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=37\">How to Take Charge of Your Procurement Career<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Measuring The Impact of Procurement Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Millennials in Procurement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Procurement Leader vs. Purchasing Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><strong>NLPA Learning<\/strong><\/a>, the new home to all of our certifications and online courses. NLPA Learning also includes learning resources, including live and on-demand webinars, publications and reports, articles, templates, white papers, and much more!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Benefits of the SPSM Certification in Bullet Points - NLPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are a wide variety of benefits of the SPSM Certification for both employers &amp; procurement professionals. 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