The CPOP (Certified Procurement Operations Professional) Certification Program is Level 2 of the Certified Procurement Operations Body of Knowledge (CPO-BOK) and covers advanced procurement skills. The CPOP certification is not a replacement for the CPOS (Certified Procurement Operations Specialist) Certification, but simply a higher level of achievement. The CPOP (Certified Procurement Operations Professional) Certification builds on the skills and knowledge that you have already acquired while earning the CPOS (Certified Procurement Operations Professional) Certification and adds training in areas that are becoming more mission-critical in the purchasing field: international procurement and managerial skills. Throughout this program, you will learn how to manage a purchasing department, how to manage procurement projects, and how to buy internationally. 

The path to obtaining the CPOP (Certified Procurement Operations Professional) Certification involves completing the Level 2 online procurement courses and passing the CPOP exam. The CPOP exam is included with your registration.

What's Included

Your enrollment in the CPOP Certification Package includes access to the following components for one year.

Four Online Courses

The CPOP designation consists of training on four critical performance domains (courses), which are underpinned by 32 competencies and 180 sub-competencies, including:

• Profitable Inventory Management and Control
• Professional Procurement Project Management
• Basics of Smart International Procurement
• Executing a Global Sourcing Strategy

Exam Attempt

A credit to take the CPOP Certification Exam (a savings of $495) is included in your registration fee. If you do not pass the certification exam on the included attempt, you may purchase a retake for an additional fee of $195 US.

Learning Resources

During the duration of your access and upon becoming certified as a CPOP, you will have access to all of the templates, worksheets, live and on-demand webinars, and more that are available within the NLPA Learning environment. 

Instructor Access

One year of instructor access with prompt responses through our program-specific discussion board. Ask as many questions as needed to assure that you understand the material.

Certificate and Engraved Award

Upon completing the CPOP certification program, you may download a certificate of completion from your Member Dashboard. Upon passing the certification exam and earning your CPOP designation, a beautifully engraved award will be sent to you by postal mail. Please note: If you live outside the US, you must pay for shipping to receive an award.

CPOP-BOK Online Courses

Complete four self-paced online procurement courses and pass all quizzes with 70% or higher. These courses cover Level 2 of the Certified Procurement Operations Body of Knowledge.

Certification Exam

After you have successfully completed each course with a quiz score of 70% or higher, you must take the CPOP Exam. You will not be able to access the exam until you have passed all required courses. The CPOP Exam consists of 60 multiple-choice questions and you will have 60 minutes to complete the exam. It is important that you are able to complete the CPOP Exam in one sitting—you will only have one attempt. 

If you do not pass the certification exam, you may retake the exam for an additional fee of $195 US.

This CPOP Package holds 2 products, both of which are accessible under "Package Contents":

- The CPOP Program (courses), which holds the individual course content (SCORMs, PDFs, quizzes, individual course certificates)
- The CPOP Exam, which holds an acknowledgment component, the exam itself and a congratulatory message displayed upon passing

You must complete the program before accessing the exam. You do this by passing the individual course quizzes within the program. Note that when the program has been completed, you may continue to use its contents to review for your exam.

You will need to activate the exam product from within the package after completing the program quizzes. An "activate" button will be present on the exam product under "Package Contents". But you may only activate it while your package access is still active.

Following exam activation, you will need to accept the terms/acknowledgment component before making your attempt. This will grant an additional 60 days to take the exam.