ABOUT NEXT LEVEL PURCHASING

Hello, my friend.

During my time as a purchasing professional, I learned, developed, and implemented techniques that saved my employers tens of millions of dollars and helped my employers succeed in a variety of other ways. At the same time, these results were earning me a great deal of respect from my co-workers, my internal customers, and, especially, my management. As a matter of fact, in four years, I tripled my salary.

As I was progressing in a successful purchasing career, I realized that I had come to know many things that other purchasing professionals didn't know. Most purchasing professionals didn't know the keys to saving the type of money I saved. Most purchasing professionals were frustrated trying to earn 5% more each year, much less tripling their salaries the way I did. I thought that, if I could teach these secrets to others, they too would know how to save lots of money for their organizations and increase their own earnings.

So the vision for Next Level Purchasing was born.

In 2000, I founded Next Level Purchasing with a simple mission: to help purchasing professionals who are struggling to have rewarding careers. And, to simplify it, the key to having a rewarding career is to make your employer successful and communicate your value in a very specific way. So I developed a series of online classes to show you exactly how to achieve outstanding results for your employer.

After founding Next Level Purchasing and training many students of diverse backgrounds, I had noticed a related trend: employers were frustrated with their ability to identify true talent among purchasing professionals. While they once relied on certain traditional designations to separate the talented purchasing professionals from the rest of the pack, the ages and subject matter of those designations had rendered them irrelevant in the modern world of eProcurement, reverse auctions, supplier relationship management, and global business. Employers were disappointed when they hired someone because of one of those designations only to find that their expectations for top performance weren't met. Many of the people who earned such designations in the 1970's just weren't qualified for today's challenging entry-level jobs, much less management positions.

So in 2004, Next Level Purchasing launched the Senior Professional in Supply Management^® Program which culminates in the earning of the SPSM^® Certification. The SPSM^® Certification was the first purchasing certification designed to be both a globally recognized certification as well as the most modern certification, as opposed to being created by a "national" association in decades past. It was meant to give employers confidence that they were selecting the true "cream of the crop" when they made their staff selections.

Since its launch, the SPSM^® Certification has created a great deal of buzz in the purchasing profession. The SPSM^® became globally recognized in a very short period of time.

Prestigious organizations - including many Fortune 500 companies - from over 50 countries throughout North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia have enrolled their purchasing professionals in the Senior Professional in Supply Management^® Program. See our "Who We Educate" page for names of such organizations.

Prestigious organizations also regularly place employment ads containing the words "SPSM^® Certification preferred." This demonstrates the degree to which the top organizations in the world value the capabilities that SPSM^®-certified purchasing professionals can bring. Our "Jobs For SPSM's" page is constantly updated with new positions.

And those who investigate or participate in the Senior Professional in Supply Management^® Program rave about its value. This is most evident in the testimonials from satisfied students that are placed throughout our Web site and the " SPSM^® Certification Success Stories" section of our site, as well as in published articles such as Purchasing Magazine's October 2005 article "Online Education Provider Gets High Marks From Buyers" and Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine's September 2006 article "Tools For Professional Excellence."

Purchasing professionals who enroll in the Senior Professional in Supply Management^® Program can feel comfortable that their investment in their certification will grow in value and pay dividends for years. Unlike some associations who have seen their memberships - and, as a result, the value of their programs - decline sharply over the past few years, Next Level Purchasing is growing tremendously. As of the end of 2006, we have grown over 3,200% in the past three years and over 7,200% in the past five! We have also been recognized as the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce's 2006 "Innovative Business of the Year" and are only certification provider named to the 2007 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 – a list of the top service providers in the supply chain field.

Furthermore, the education you earn through Next Level Purchasing is valued by other institutions. Next Level Purchasing is an official Educational Partner of the National Contract Management Association. Plus, the American Production and Inventory Control Society, the State of Texas, and many other organizations accept our Continuing Education Hours towards their program requirements. Next Level Purchasing is also a Better Business Bureau Accredited Business, giving purchasing professionals further assurance that their investment in their training is spent with a reliable source.

So if you want to separate yourself from the average purchaser and enjoy a rewarding career, the SPSM^® Certification is the perfect step towards achieving your goals. And you have my personal commitment that Next Level Purchasing will work on your behalf towards your success.

Thank you for visiting www.NextLevelPurchasing.com.

Respectfully,
Charles Dominick, SPSM
President
Next Level Purchasing, Inc.