Join the American Purchasing Society

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Guests are welcome to browse the site, use free tools like the Units of Measure Converter, and post a résumé in the Career Center. Members get all of that plus certification prep, discounted courses and books, salary and benchmarking reports, free consulting, and a professional network built since 1969.

Choose the option below that fits you best — the form only asks for what that registration needs.

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1969

The year the Society was founded — join a network built over five decades.

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Why Join

Certification
Discounts on certification fees and required prep course/exam for CPP, CPPM, CGPP, CPDW, and CPPC.
Publications
Members receive Professional Purchasing bimonthly, which contains articles to help purchasing professionals perform their jobs better, recent economic data, questions from members, and more.
Courses & Books
Member pricing on seminars, online courses, and Society publications.
Salary & Benchmarking Reports
Annual data on purchasing salaries and department benchmarks.
Free Consulting
Get your purchasing questions answered by Society staff at no extra cost.

“PLACEHOLDER — real member quote pending owner review. Joining APS gave our purchasing team a shared set of standards and a network we still lean on for benchmarking.”

PLACEHOLDER — Member, Manufacturing Industry

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