{"id":3502,"date":"2016-03-14T06:02:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T06:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2016\/03\/14\/options-for-staying-certified-as-an-spsm\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T04:19:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T08:19:28","slug":"options-for-staying-certified-as-an-spsm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/options-for-staying-certified-as-an-spsm\/","title":{"rendered":"Options For Staying Certified As An SPSM"},"content":{"rendered":"

To keep a certification like the SPSM as prestigious as it is, the holders of that certification must be recognized as those who are at the top of their field and well-versed in the most current of best practices.\u00a0 That\u2019s why your original SPSM Certification has an expiration date and provides for a way to maintain your certification indefinitely.<\/p>\n

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

The SPSM Certification is valid for a period of four years. It can be renewed for an unlimited number of additional four year periods through a process called Recertification.<\/p>\n

Recertification requires you to earn 32 Continuing Education Hours (CEH\u2019s) in purchasing and supply management topics from approved sources and submit an application.\u00a0 Recertification is designed to maintain both your skills as well as your SPSM credentials.<\/p>\n

As an alternative to Recertification, you can choose to earn higher levels of certification, such as the SPSM2, SPSM3, and soon-to-be-released SPSM4. Each of these certifications involves completing four specific online procurement courses for the same number of CEH\u2019s you would need to earn for recertification: 32. There\u2019s also one exam and an application for each higher level of certification.<\/p>\n

Each higher-level certification adds four years onto the time you are certified.\u00a0 And keeping your highest-level certification valid keeps all lower-level certifications in the SPSM Family valid.\u00a0 You do not need to worry about Recertification for each certification separately.<\/p>\n

For example, if you earn the SPSM Certification in 2016, it will expire in 2020.\u00a0 If you earn the SPSM2 Certification before your SPSM Certification expires, both certifications will be valid for four years past your original expiration date \u2013 in this example, 2024.\u00a0 If you earn the SPSM3 before your SPSM2 expires, your expiration date for all three of those certifications will be four years later, 2028.<\/p>\n

The advantage of choosing advanced levels of certification are that you get additional credentials to add after your name \u2013 SPSM2, SPSM3, and SPSM4 \u2013 and you get to further distinguish yourself from the rest of the procurement world. The higher the level of certification, the fewer people have attained it, thereby making you part of a very exclusive crowd of elite procurement professionals.<\/p>\n

However, if that\u2019s more ambitious of a certification plan than you\u2019d like, then you can simply choose the Recertification route to ensure that you remain certified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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