Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND
Business (Procurement and Supply Management)
Run the supply chain: procurement, operations, negotiation, and business intelligence for real organisations.
Indicative study plan
Indicative content from Pearson specifications — the final unit list is subject to administration approval.
Year 1 — Level 4 units
- The Contemporary Business Environment
- Marketing Processes and Planning
- Management of Human Resources
- Accounting Principles
- Leadership and Management
- Managing a Successful Business Project (Pearson-set)
- Business Law
- Innovation and Commercialisation
- Entrepreneurial Ventures
- Recording Financial Transactions
- Managing the Customer Experience
- Digital Business in Practice
- Operational Planning and Management
Year 2 — Level 5 units (specialist)
- Research Project (Pearson-set)
- Organisational Behaviour Management
- Principles of Operations Management
- Procurement and Supply Chain Management
- Pitching and Negotiation Skills
- Business Intelligence
- Business Strategy
How assessment works
No final exams. You are assessed through practical assignments and projects for each unit, internally verified and externally examined by Pearson. If you don't pass a first submission you get one resubmission (capped at Pass); units can be repeated once. Full rules will be published in the student assessment guide.
Career routes
- Procurement officer
- Supply chain coordinator
- Operations associate
- Business analyst