CERTIFIED SUPPLIER QUALITY PROFESSIONAL CSQP
WHY BECOME A CERTIFIED
SUPPLIER QUALITY PROFESSIONAL?
As a Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP) you will demonstrate your knowledge of supplier
management processes from strategic development to deployment, as well as the risk management tools
you will use to protect your business. By developing suppliers through a collaborative and productive
relationship, both the customer and supplier will benefit.
What Are the Core Competencies of a CSQP?
• Enhanced supplier strategy including life-cycle • Supplier quality management through
management, supply chain cost analysis, quality auditing, project management,
agreements, and contracts. and performance evaluations.
• Strong risk management techniques through • Relationship management techniques
analysis and preventive strategies, and including supplier onboarding, communication,
mitigation control. leadership, and collaboration.
• Improved supplier selection and part qualification • Business governance, ethics, and compliance
processes through design reviews and part, in the areas of confidentiality, intellectual
process, and service qualification. property, and compliance laws.
• Supplier performance monitoring and
improvement with supplier metrics and CAPA.
What Is the Value to Your Company? What Is the Value to You?
Well-managed supplier performance can save your • Qualify for more positions within modern
company lost revenue through high-quality operational business environments.
control of suppliers’ overall quality performance.
• Capitalize on component quality assurance
that meets or exceeds design specifications.
• Gain a strong competitive advantage when
suppliers react instantly to evolving markets
and customer demands.
• Improve buying power through accurate,
timely supplier data.
• Make better business decisions with up-to-date
supplier data.
• Ensure steady and consistent material quality.
• Improve overall quality through consistent
supplier compliance to defined quality standards.
CERTIFIED SUPPLIER QUALITY PROFESSIONAL CSQP
Qualifications and Requirements Supplier Quality Professional Learning
for CSQP Certification Resources and Certification Preparation
Candidates must have eight years of • Supplier Quality Training (on-site and online learning)
on-the-job experience in one or more of
• The Certified Supplier Quality Professional Handbook
the areas of the CSQP Body of Knowledge.
• Certified Supplier Quality Professional Question Bank
Education • Customer-Supplier Division—an ASQ professional network
Candidates who have completed a degree from
a college, university, or technical school can Recertification Required?
waive some part of the eight-year experience
requirement as follows: Yes, every three years.
• Diploma from a technical or trade school—
one year waived How to Enroll for Certification
• Associate’s degree—two years waived Visit asq.org/cert
• Bachelor’s degree—four years waived
• Master’s or doctorate degree—five years waived
MARKETPLACE INFORMATION
COMMON JOB FUNCTIONS COMMON INDUSTRIES
Auditor/Inspector Aerospace
Consultant Energy
Director Finance
Project/Program Manager Government
Quality Analyst Healthcare
Quality Manager Manufacturing
Software Development Engineer Medical Device
Software Quality Engineer Military
Software Test Engineer Pharmaceutical
Supervisor Telecommunication
Web Architect Transportation
Key Market Trends
• The global supply chain is estimated to • Currently, the demand-to-supply ratio of jobs
be a $26 trillion per year industry. to qualified individuals is six to one. Most
of the openings exist in middle management
• Between 2015 and 2020, the number of
positions, where there is a current shortage
available jobs in supply chain industries is
of 54%.
estimated to grow by 26% (Source:
SDC Executive 2016).
