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Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert

Online Certification  ·  20 Week  ·  Globally Recognised  ·  (CFRE2)

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Executive Summary

Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert (CFRE2) delivers a rigorous Intermediate-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in procurement, sourcing, contract management and supply chain operations.

This 20 Week programme is structured around CIPS, ISO and recognised procurement and supply-chain standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CFRE2 holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification
Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert
Acronym
CFRE2
Category
Procurement & Supply Chain
Level
Intermediate
Duration
20 Week
Delivery Mode
100% Online
Assessment
Online Examination
Certificate
Digital + Physical
CPD Eligibility
CPD Accredited
Alumni Benefits
GLI Network Access
Self-Paced
USD 399
Live Virtual
USD 599
Target Audience

Who Should Enrol?

  • Procurement and Purchasing Officers
  • Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals
  • Contract and Category Managers
  • Warehouse and Inventory Managers
Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

  • All study materials and study guide
  • Access to GLI online learning portal
  • Online examination and assessment
  • Digital certificate and digital badge
  • Physical certificate (shipped to you)
  • CPD credits for professional bodies
  • GLI alumni network membership
  • Facilitator and tutor support
  • Resource downloads and reference library
  • Automatic enrolment confirmation
Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement
Accelerate your career towards senior procurement, category and supply-chain leadership roles
Professional Recognition
Credential aligned with CIPS, ISO and recognised procurement and supply-chain standards
Operational Excellence
Drive cost savings, supplier quality and supply chain resilience
Compliance Readiness
Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to procurement
Business Performance
Deliver measurable value through strategic sourcing and contract management
Global Employability
Qualify for procurement roles across corporates, NGOs, government and international organisations worldwide
Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Sourcing, Category Management and Supplier Selection
✦Contract Management and Negotiation
✦Logistics, Warehousing and Distribution
✦Supply Chain Risk, Resilience and Continuity
✦Procurement Compliance, Ethics and Governance
✦Professional Ethics and Governance
Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

1
Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
  • The procurement cycle and operating models
  • Procurement's contribution to organisational strategy
  • Categories of spend and stakeholders
  • Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
2
Sourcing and Category Management
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Category management and strategy development
  • Spend analysis and demand aggregation
  • Supply market analysis and Porter's forces
  • Strategic sourcing process and RFx
  • Supplier identification and pre-qualification
3
Logistics and Transport Management
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Logistics and distribution networks
  • Transport modes and selection
  • Route planning and optimisation
  • Freight forwarding and incoterms
  • Customs, clearing and compliance
4
Warehousing and Materials Handling
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Warehouse design and layout
  • Receiving, put-away and picking
  • Storage systems and slotting
  • Materials handling equipment
  • Warehouse management systems (WMS)
5
Inventory and Supply Planning
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Inventory models and optimisation
  • Safety stock and reorder points
  • Demand planning and forecasting
  • Sales and operations planning (S&OP)
  • MRP and replenishment
6
Inventory, Operations and Supply Planning
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Inventory models: EOQ, safety stock, reorder points
  • Materials requirements planning (MRP)
  • Demand and supply planning (S&OP)
  • Lean, JIT and pull systems
  • Bill of materials and master scheduling
7
Procurement Technology and Analytics
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • E-procurement and procure-to-pay systems
  • Spend analytics and dashboards
  • Supplier and contract management systems
  • E-sourcing and e-auctions
  • Automation, RPA and workflow
8
Supply Chain Risk, Resilience and Continuity
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Supply chain risk identification and mapping
  • Risk assessment and prioritisation
  • Supplier financial and operational risk
  • Business continuity and contingency planning
  • Resilience and network redundancy
9
Sustainable and Ethical Procurement
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Sustainable procurement principles and standards
  • Ethical sourcing and modern slavery
  • Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
  • Circular economy and waste reduction
  • Supplier codes of conduct and audits
10
Public Procurement and Compliance
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Public procurement frameworks and principles
  • Competitive bidding and tender management
  • Transparency, fairness and value for money
  • Evaluation criteria and award
  • Probity, integrity and anti-corruption
11
Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Stakeholder mapping and engagement
  • Internal customers and business partnering
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Influencing and negotiation with stakeholders
  • Professional reporting and documentation
12
Leading Change and Procurement Transformation
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Procurement transformation and operating models
  • Digital procurement roadmaps
  • Process re-engineering and shared services
  • Change management and adoption
  • Value and savings programmes
13
Professional Ethics, Standards and Governance
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Professional ethics and codes (CIPS)
  • Integrity, transparency and fair dealing
  • Conflicts of interest and gifts
  • Anti-bribery and anti-corruption
  • Confidentiality and information handling
14
Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Procurement KPIs and savings measurement
  • Total cost and value delivered
  • Benchmarking against best practice
  • Process efficiency and cycle time
  • Root-cause analysis and problem solving
15
Advanced Professional Practice: Consulting and Advisory Excellence
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • The consulting mindset and trusted advisor positioning
  • Diagnosing client problems before prescribing solutions
  • Structuring engagements: scope, deliverables and expectations
  • Discovery interviews and evidence gathering
  • Root cause analysis frameworks in advisory work
16
Data, AI and Digital Tools for the Modern Professional
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Data literacy: reading, questioning and using data
  • Descriptive statistics for everyday professional decisions
  • Data visualisation and dashboards that inform
  • Generative AI as a professional productivity tool
  • Automation, workflows and no-code tools
17
Professional Communication, Influence and Negotiation
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Influencing and presenting insights
  • Managing difficult conversations
  • Influencing and advising leaders
  • Assessment and feedback online
  • Managing expectations and influence
18
Leadership, People and High-Performance Teams
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Communicating and reporting to leadership
  • Leading and lagging metrics
  • Leading agricultural teams, projects and enterprises
  • Building high-performing project teams
  • High-performance team rituals and cadence
19
Talent, Culture and the Modern Workplace
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Training and awareness
  • Regenerative and conservation agriculture
  • Training and competence
  • Recruitment, discrimination and equal opportunity law
  • Talent, succession and workforce learning
20
Customer, Market and Stakeholder Value
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Market analysis and environmental scanning
  • Sustaining strategic customer focus
  • Carbon markets and climate finance
  • Customer-centric operating models
  • Business model and market innovation
21
Financial and Commercial Acumen for Professionals
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Feed budgeting and cost control
  • IT financial management and value
  • Working capital management and the cash cycle
  • Scaling revenue engines
  • Budgeting techniques and the budgeting cycle
22
Evidence, Measurement and Decision Quality
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • People analytics tooling and dashboards
  • Data, records and confidentiality tech
  • Performance measurement and scorecards
  • KPIs and performance reporting
  • Evaluation and ROI measurement
23
Strategy, Innovation and Leading Change
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Agribusiness models and strategy
  • Innovation and technology investment
  • Business model design and innovation
  • Measuring HSE transformation impact
  • Change management in farming systems
24
Project and Programme Delivery Essentials
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Leading campaigns and sales projects
  • Developing the project business case
  • Automation in project delivery
  • Leading learning projects and change
  • Project management maturity assessment
25
Quality, Process Excellence and Continuous Improvement
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Time-to-hire, quality-of-hire and cost metrics
  • Quality, accuracy and error reduction
  • Continuous improvement and lean HR
  • Design review and quality
  • Continuous improvement in delivery
26
Governance, Risk, Ethics and Compliance
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Ethics and transparency in tax
  • Residual risk and ALARP
  • Intelligence-led risk assessment
  • Data governance and quality
  • AI, ethics and algorithmic accountability
27
Sustainability, Safety and Responsible Practice
  • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • Sustainability strategy and materiality
  • Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
  • Corporate social responsibility and ESG
  • Corporate social responsibility and community impact
  • Corporate social responsibility communications
28
Certification Recap and Integrated Review
    29
    Your Certification in Action: 90 Days to Recertification
    • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
    • Designing your first 90 days after certification
    • Your one-year professional development trajectory
    • The two-year horizon: expertise, leadership and professional standing
    • Recertification, CPD and staying current
    • Building your professional portfolio and evidence of practice
    30
    Capstone Project and Certification Readiness
    • Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
    • Capstone scoping: a real sourcing or supply challenge
    • Spend and situation analysis
    • Designing a sourcing or supply strategy
    • Risk, cost and feasibility analysis
    • Business case and savings plan
    Learning Outcomes

    What You Will Achieve

    • Establish a comprehensive understanding of Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert principles aligned with CIPS, ISO and recognised procurement and supply-chain standards
    • Apply evidence-based methods to improve procurement, sourcing, contract management and supply chain operations
    • Master sourcing, category management and supplier selection and contract management and negotiation
    • Apply logistics, warehousing and distribution and supply chain risk, resilience and continuity in real-world settings
    • Lead risk management, quality and compliance relevant to your field
    • Design stakeholder engagement and professional communication strategies
    • Use data-driven decision-making and performance-measurement tools effectively
    • Apply internationally recognised best practice to advance your career in procurement
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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Common Questions

    What is the CFRE2 certification?

    Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 85+ countries and are aligned with CIPS, ISO and recognised procurement and supply-chain standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

    Who should enrol in the CFRE2?

    This certification is ideal for Procurement and Purchasing Officers, Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals, Contract and Category Managers and Warehouse and Inventory Managers, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in procurement, sourcing, contract management and supply chain operations with a globally recognised credential.

    How long does the CFRE2 certification take to complete?

    The programme is structured over 20 Week and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

    Is the CFRE2 internationally recognised?

    Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 85+ countries and are aligned with CIPS, ISO and recognised procurement and supply-chain standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

    What is the cost of the CFRE2 certification?

    The Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 399 and Live Virtual at USD 599. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

    What does the CFRE2 certification include?

    Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

    What is the assessment format for the CFRE2?

    The Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

    What CPD credits do I earn from the CFRE2?

    The Certified Freight and Customs Management Expert carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

    Can I study the CFRE2 while working full-time?

    Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

    What career outcomes can I expect from the CFRE2?

    Graduates progress towards senior procurement, category and supply-chain leadership roles. The CFRE2 strengthens your expertise in procurement, sourcing, contract management and supply chain operations and positions you for advancement across corporates, NGOs, government and international organisations.

    Graduate Voices

    What Our Alumni Say

    “

    The curriculum was directly applicable to my daily work. I immediately applied what I learned and saw results within weeks of completing the programme.

    Procurement Director
    Private Sector
    “

    GLI's certification is the most practical professional programme I have attended. The international frameworks gave me credibility with my employer and clients.

    Supply Chain Manager
    NGO Sector
    “

    I earned my CFRE2 while working full-time. The self-paced format made it possible, and the quality of the content is genuinely world-class.

    Category Lead
    Government
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