Graduate Diploma in Business (Supply Chain Management)

Start your career in supply-chain management with real-world connections and experience when you study the Graduate Diploma in Business (Supply Chain Management).

Our graduate diploma is suited to industry professionals with no bachelors degree. It also builds on undergraduate qualifications in this discipline. You can progress to our respected masters, or aim for an early management role in logistics on completion.

The course offers exceptional opportunities to gain industry knowledge and skills. Many of our lecturers are practising professionals, with current, relevant experience. You'll have access to a world-class research centre - the only one of its type in Australia.

You'll study the fundamentals of supply-chain management. You'll graduate with a skill set to support the supply chain, including:

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• logistics strategy
• green logistics
• supply-chain structure.

This diploma offers a pathway to the Master of Business (Supply Chain Management) and Master of Supply Chain Management.

Our graduate diploma prepares you for early management roles in supply chain or logistics. Career possibilities include the following:

• supply-chain manager
• logistics professional
• global procurement specialist
• sourcing/distribution manager
• enterprise resource planning developer
• transport coordinator
• warehouse supervisor
• import/export manager
• customs manager.

Salaries

The average salary for supply and distribution managers in Australia is $83,200 (JobOutlook).

Employment opportunities

Employment for supply and distribution managers is expected to grow in the next few years (JobOutlook).

You could find work managing procurement and supply chains in private business or the public sector. Our graduates have gone on to work for companies including:

• Linfox
• Toll
• ANL
• BASF
• BP.

To attain the Graduate Diploma in Business (Supply Chain Management), students will be required to complete 96 credit points consisting of:

• 84 credit points core units
• 12 credit points elective unit from the list provided (unit offering is subject to availability).

Students planning to continue onto Masters study are strongly recommended to take BMO6630, Business Research Methods as their elective unit.

If you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for skills and past study, you can apply for advanced standing.

Applications for advanced standing can be made after a discussion with your course coordinator or academic adviser.