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Lombard, IL — March 4, 2010 — The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) announced the opening of its Senior Executive Institute (SEI) for supply chain professionals, with the first session to be held April 23-27 in Baltimore, Maryland USA.

Modeled after senior-level programs that have been offered at The Brookings Institution, the Senior Executive Institute was designed to help supply chain management executives develop fundamental leadership skills in five core areas: discipline, strategic thinking, planning, leverage, and integration for sustainability.

The first session will focus on discipline. The program aims to provide participants with the tools to build their own management systems that are aligned with their corporate missions, yet flexible enough to take them into the future.

"One of the key responsibilities of a senior executive is to design, create, and implement a successful management system to ensure the health of his or her organization, now and in the future," said CSCMP's Program Chair John Caltagirone, vice president of manufacturing, distribution and trade for The Revere Group. "Our institute provides supply chain executives with the optimal educational environment for mastering this task. Workshops are tailored exclusively for C-level professionals who want to take their skills to the next level of leadership and learn how to motivate their employees to become genuine stakeholders."

The program consists of a series of five three- to four-day workshops presented over a period of 16 months at different locations throughout the United States. Participants will have the opportunity to develop individual and organizational pilot projects that they will be able to implement in their own organizations and report on the results at the next session.

The faculty is comprised of well-known senior-level management experts representing a variety of industries working in and outside of the supply chain function, according to CSCMP. Workshop dates are as follows:

• April 23-27, 2010 — Baltimore, Md.
• August 6-9, 2010 — Berkeley, Calif.
• November 19-22, 2010 — South Florida
• March 4-7, 2011 — Chicago
• June 17-21, 2011 — Seattle

Registration is now open. More information is available from CSCMP's director of education and research Kathleen Hedland at khedland@cscmp.org or +1 630.645.3463.