How the EIPM online training can be of benefit to your team?
- Train yourself or your team on a dynamic and rich content while avoiding travel expenses.
- Prepare quicker and better for the face-to-face sessions with a keen understanding of the key concepts and enable a deeper training and immediate application.
- Make your own training plan thanks to the link between our EIPM E-learning Library and our EIPM Talent Assessment tool.
A Complete Online Library
The EIPM E-Learning Library is a complete library of trainings just a click away.
It is composed of specialised e-modules covering 13 strategic domains: Compliance, Contract & Legal, Cost, Finance, Innovation, KPIs, Leadership, Negotiation, Purchasing/Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply chain, Sustainability, Tools & Practices.
- On our EIPM Learning System Management (LMS): The platform enables to coach participants, supporting their progress through a confidential, personal and friendly environment.
- On our Clients’ LMS: We propose you our e-modules directly on your system through a license of use for an unlimited number of participants.
The EIPM E-Learning Library can be used as E-Learning alone, as Pre-Learning in the Classic EIPM Blended Learning Process as well as All-In-Line Learning Process supported by webinars.
Our e-modules Library is constantly growing. Presently available languages are: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese... and there's more in the pipeline!

13 Strategic Domains
Leadership
- Fundamental Behaviours to Become a Leader
- Advanced Behaviours for Leadership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Intercultural Intelligence to Better Influence
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will understand some basics of behaviour to become a Leader.
- Target group: Any person interested in better understanding and mastering the impacts of behaviour on leadership.
- 5 e-modules: Introduction to body language, Deciphering body language, Discovering behavioural reflexes in Negotiation, Introduction to Emotional Intelligence, Understanding Culture: What is a cultural trait?
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will be capable of detecting behavioural reflexes and of differentiate arguments to improve their communication and negotiation.
- Target group: Any Learners interested in knowing more about behaviour to improve their efficiency in communication and negotiation.
- 4 e-modules: Understanding behavioural reflexes, Types of behavioural reflexes, Detecting behavioural reflexes, Creating a balance between different types of argument.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will understand how to use Emotional Intelligence during Negotiation.
- Target group: Any person willing to improve their negotiation attitude by understanding Emotional Intelligence.
- 6 e-modules: The affiliative style, The authoritative style, The coaching style, The coercive style, The democratic style, The pacesetting style.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will be able to benefit from identifying the main cultures to adapt herself/himself to.
- Target group: Any person willing to improve their negotiation attitude by understanding about Intercultural Intelligence.
- 3 e-modules: Action-oriented vs analysis-oriented cultures; Task-oriented vs person-oriented cultures, Low power vs High power cultures; Universalist cultures vs particularist cultures, Monochronic vs polychronic cultures; Explicit cultures vs implicit cultures.
Negotiation
- Negotiation Preparation
- Negotiation Conduct
- Strategic Behaviours in Negotiation
- Game Theory Applied to Negotiation
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will know about all the elements and steps in preparing a negotiation effectively and efficiently.
- Target group: Any learner interested in developing their negotiation practice by improving their preparation.
- 6 e-modules: Analysing the negotiation's value exchange, Creating a BATNA based on the negotiation context, Negotiation principles, Following a 5-step communication process, How offensive should you be in Negotiation, Adjusting the negotiation settings.
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will be capable of managing some negotiation best practices such as: listening, building arguments, conclusion, etc.
- Target group: Any Learner willing to improve their negotiation practice.
- 6 e-modules: Conditioning the other party before they start negotiating, Credibility & impact of 1st impressions on negotiating, Identify 3 basic types of arguments, Importance of Listening, How to successfully conclude a negotiation, Face to Face & post negotiation.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will be capable of strategically organising & conducting negotiations.
- Target group: Any Learner willing to enhance their behaviour to improve their negotiation effectiveness.
- 4 e-modules: Conceding & obtaining value, Analysing the balance of power to be offensive or defensive, Adapting your Negotiation behaviour, Organise your Negotiation resources: Time & Team.
- Level: Advanced
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will be capable of understanding the game theory of negotiation typologies.
- Target group: Any Learner willing to improve their negotiation effectiveness by applying the game theory.
- 5 e-modules: Partial vs complete vs perfect information game, The cooperative vs the non-cooperative approach, The simultaneous vs the sequential negotiation game, The symmetric vs the asymmetric negotiation game, The zero-sum vs the non-zero-sum game
Innovation
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will understand how they can contribute to innovation.
- Target group: Any person interested to understand better how innovation can be supported by suppliers and purchasing.
- 4 e-modules: Why are suppliers increasingly involved in innovation, Value & Innovation, The innovation sourcing process, Measuring Innovation.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will be able to contribute to innovation.
- Target group: Any person interested to understand better how innovation can be delivered with suppliers.
- 5 e-modules: Innovation sourcing ladder, Mapping business value drivers, Understanding pain points, Business ecosystems in innovation, Mapping a business ecosystem.
Tools and Practices
- Some Elementary Practices & Tools
- Some Advanced Practices & Tools
- Some Practices & Tools for Upstream Purchasing
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will know how to use some elementary tools to work in Purchasing.
- Target group: Any person interested to understand the basic tools to start with working in Purchasing & Supply Management.
- 5 e-modules: Needs Definition - Segmentation, Needs Definition - ABC/ Criticality, Levers to leverage: Consolidation & Standardisation, RFx, Understanding what SRM is about.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will know how to use some more advanced practice and tools.
- Target group: This pack of modules is more dedicated to Professionals in charge of Categories management.
- 6 e-modules: Needs Definition - Stakeholders Analysis, Market Dynamics (Porter), Defining a Category Strategy (Kraljic), Risk Analysis, eAuctions (Reverse Auctions), KPIs.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will know how to use some practices dedicated upstream purchasing.
- Target group: This pack of modules is more dedicated to Professionals working in the upstream phase of Purchasing.
- 6 e-modules: TCO, Functional Analysis 1, Functional Analysis 2, Target costing & concept of value, How to communicate with stakeholders, Project Management.
Contract & Legal
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will understand the basics of Legal concepts, Contract formation and validity and some important terms and definitions.
- Target group: All purchasing professionals.
- 4 e-modules: Overview of Legal Concepts, Contracts, Overview of Contracts, IP.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of the e-modules, Learners will understand the main clauses in a contract and their usage.
- Target group: All purchasing professionals.
- 3 e-modules: Performance & Main Clauses - part 1, Performance & Main Clauses - part 2, Performance & Main Clauses - part 3
Cost
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules, Learners will understand Costing of products / services, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and the Target Costing process.
- Target group: Buyers at any level who wish to learn how to use cost breakdown and TCO decision-making tools to better negotiate price reductions with suppliers.
- 7 e-modules: Costs and Spending in a company, Introduction of Cost breakdown, Cost Structure & Breakdown, Cost Breakdown Analysis, TCO, Costing, Target Costing & concept of Value.
Finance
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will be able to understand the basics of Finance and Financial statements.
- Target group: Buyers, Lead Buyers and Commodity Managers, who need to evaluate the financial health of their suppliers or develop strategies to improve the financial performance of their own companies.
- 4 e-modules: Fundamentals of Finance: Financial Statements, Fundamentals of Finance: Analysing a supplier’s financial sustainability, performance and cash generation, Fundamentals of Finance: Discounting cash flows to make financial decisions, Financial Reporting.
Supply Chain
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules, Learners will be capable of understanding the principles of Supply Chain Management.
- Target group: Any Learner willing to understand and start implementing supply chain management.
- 3 e-modules: Inventory management, Introduction to Supply Chain, Supply Chain optimization.
Supplier Relationship Management
- Supplier Relationship Management Principles
- Supplier Relationship Management Implementation
- Supplier Relationship Management Organisations
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules, Learners will be capable of understanding the principles of SRM.
- Target group: Any Learner willing to improve their understanding of SRM.
- 5 e-modules: Understanding what SRM is about (Part 1), Understanding what SRM is about (Part 2), Segmenting suppliers for SRM, Formatting the SRM relationship, SRM.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules, Learners will be capable of implementing SRM with suitable suppliers.
- Target group: Any Learner willing to understand how to implement SRM.
- 3 e-modules: Understanding the supplier, KSM (Key Supply Management), Structuring the supplier’s relationship.
- Level: Advanced
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules, Learners will be able to understand & implement success factors and KPIs to measure those successes.
- Target group: Any Learner willing to understand advanced elements of SRM.
- 5 e-modules: SRM & Purchasing Maturity, Key success factor for SRM (part 1), Key success factor for SRM (part 2), SRM & KPI (part 1), KPIs for SRM (part 2).
Purchasing/Procurement
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules Learners will understand some basics of Purchasing in terms of Process & Organisation.
- Target group: Any person entering in a purchasing organisation or willing to understand the fundamentals of Purchasing.
- 6 e-modules: The rise of Purchasing, Purchasing Organisation, Purchasing Organisation to support Strategies, Purchasing process Steps, Prospect & Select suppliers, RFx (RFI, RFP, RFQ).
- Level: Beginner
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules, Learners will understand better how purchasing interacts with some key environmental elements.
- Target group: Any person willing to know the role of Purchasing in Project Management, sustainability, market trends etc.
- 5 e-modules: Information sources in Purchasin, Make or Buy, Project Management, Sustainability, Supply & Demand.
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules Learners will know how to define a category strategy.
- Target group: Any person who creates and implements strategies for the categories handled.
- 5 e-modules: Strategy Definition Alignment, Needs Definition, Stakeholder analysis, Market Dynamics (Porter), Defining a Category Strategy (Kraljic), Risks Analysis.
KPIs
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these e-modules Learners will understand better how to define & implement some main indicators.
- Target group: Any person who creates and implements some indicators.
- 3 e-modules: KPIs, SRM & KPI (part 1), KPIs for SRM (part 2).
Sustainability
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: After completion of these modules Learners will understand better the role of Purchasing Professionals in sustainability.
- Target group: Any person who wants to comply with Sustainability and understand its basics.
- 5 e-modules: Sustainability (introduction), Sustainability & Risks, Integrating sustainability in the purchasing process, Beyond compliance with sustainability, Circular Economy.
Compliance
- Level: Intermediate
- Learning Objectives: This cluster aims at understanding the ethical code of conduct in business.
- Target group: Any person involved at any step of the buying process.
- 4 e-modules: Understanding compliance, Business ethics, Purchasing ethics, Fraud.