Statement of Purpose for Supply Chain Management

This assignment is a Statement of Purpose (SOP) for a Master's degree in Supply Chain Management at the Chartered Institute of Procurement, and Supply. The author outlines their motivation for pursuing this field, highlighting their previous work experience in supply chain management and their career aspirations. They discuss how the degree will help them achieve their goals, emphasizing the growth potential in multinational corporations and the 'Make in India' initiative. Additionally, they mention the unique perspective and technical skills they will bring to their fellow students.

Running head: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Statement of Purpose
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
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1STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Motivation for studying this course
Supply Chain management is a very interesting course. I have always been interested to
know about the management of the logistics, so I chose this particular course so that I can make
a career in this field.
I have sufficient work experience in the field of Supply chain management. My work
experience has helped me in gaining knowledge and working skills to forecast the resources
needs and accordingly allocate them, it helped me to learn to coordinate and plan the tasks as per
the requirements of the stakeholders. I can coordinate with the vendors about RFQ, price
negotiation, production schedules and the delivery deadlines, this knowledge I have gained from
my work experience. I also have experience of managing the inventories in the warehouses. This
experience will help me to get a career growth in the field of supply chain management.
My aim is to gain a degree in Master of Supply Chain Management, which is given by
the Chartered Institute of Procurement, and Supply. With the help of this degree, I hope to get a
status of a well qualified member.
How this degree will help me to achieve my career goals and personal aspirations
I am very positive about the fact that after returning to my country with this degree I will
become efficient and would be able to do the mid and senior level management jobs in
Multinational corporations. All the business, retail, manufacturing, FMCG, healthcare,
transportation, e-commerce and logistics require expertise in the Supply Chain Management and
logistics. A career in supply chain management consulting is a very promising career in IT
multinational corporations like IBM, Accenture, Capgemini and many more. I aim to give my
technical and managerial skills I learnt, to a FMCG firm in the field of sourcing, procurement or

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purchasing roles. I aim to shape my career in this particular field, which I personally find very
promising and has also gained support from the massive effort of Government of India like, the
“Make in India” mission that emphasizes in optimizing the supply chain and its management.
Values that I will provide to my fellow students
The value that I will give to my fellow students is the Indian perspective towards work and life.
The technical skills in the production of print media for the big marketing campaigns
I will share my knowledge that I have gained from working with the international clients from
India with the help of shared services division.
My fellow classmates will get to know about the supply chain of India.
I can make them understand the concept of supply chain management, with the help of my own
experience in this industry.
It will add to their exposure and they will have an advantage over the students from other
colleges.
They will provide them extra knowledge from what is being taught to them in their course.
For those who are planning to make a career in this industry can learn the various process
involved in managing the logistics, there are certain difficult topics like forecasting can only be
clear if the students get a picture of operations in the industry.