Certified Training Programs

Professional GBS® Certification

Provided by Inixia in Partnership with SSON
June 2025 Cohort Open for Registration 
You will be directed to the SSON website to complete registration.
June 2025 Cohort open for registration
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Professional GBS® Certification is more than a credential it’s a strategic investment in your career and your organization’s success.

Inixia’s Professional GBS® Certification is for individuals who want to accelerate their careers as well as learn tricks of the trade from Global Business Services industry founders. You will learn key strategies, proven approaches, and standardized models that will take your work, your team, your organization to the next stage of GBS maturity, and thus deliver greater efficiency, cost reduction, agility, and innovation.

Many companies struggle or take years to advance beyond Stage 1 or 2. This is a tremendous loss of time and value as the real benefits of GBS come in Stages 3 and 4. Professional GBS® Certifications will help you see the path forward, and give you at the tools to get there.

  • Tools that build a successful Shared Service
  • Skills that define your leadership, innovative thinking, and team building
  • Credentials that distinguish you as an expert

 

We Offer a Number Of Practitioner-Led Professional GBS® Program Options

  • Professional GBS® Strategic Advisory Services for GBS Leaders and their Leadership Teams withing a single organization
  • Professional GBS®  Training & Certification Cohorts for participants from multiple client organizations delivered in partnership with the Shared Services Outsourcing Network (SSON)
  • Professional GBS® Training & Certification Cohorts for individual client organizations
  • Professional GBS® On-The-Job Coaching Workshops tailored to natural workgroups within client organizations with recent examples being Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Costing, Service Management, New Business Capabilities etc

 

Email information@inixia.com if you would like to make a company/team/group booking

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Download the Professional GBS® Certification Brochure


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Who This Program Is For

This course is designed to advance the skills, expertise, and leadership of mid-to-senior-level shared service professionals, including:

  • GBS team leaders
  • GBS operational leaders
  • Middle to upper-level GBS managers
  • Transformational program managers
  • Service Center managers
  • New managers in GBS Process owners
  • Process owners

Nearly every industry in the world has adopted key levels of certifications: Finance (CPA), Project Management (PMI), Supply Chain APICS), Information Technology (ITIL), Business Process management (ABPMP), Engineering (ASCE).

This certification course brings that same level of discipline and knowledge to the Shared Services industry.

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What Sets Us Apart

Inixia offers best-in-class training, led by best-in-class instructors. Our courses are unique:

  • Unlike other firms, we offer practioner-led courses in real-time, virtually, or in-person.
  • Instructors are alumni from Fortune 500 companies, most notably P&G, pioneers of the GBS industry
  • We are the foremost partner of SSON, the premier shared services network
  • We work with our clients to tailor program content, length, delivery, and pricing.

Let us work with you.

How The Program Is Organized

Inixia created a proprietary approach to building GBS expertise. Our model starts with foundational knowledge and builds up to the pinnacle skill of Leadership.

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This program is structured around five core training areas:
Foundations, Service Management, Operations Management, Transformation Management, and Leadership.

The Foundations course establishes a common language and set of terminologies essential for understanding the GBS business and operating model. It provides the groundwork for effectively operationalizing GBS practices.

Built on this foundation are three key vertical pillars:
Service Management, Operations Management, and Transformation Management. Each pillar focuses on a specific aspect of GBS delivery and performance.

Overarching these pillars is the Leadership training, which equips participants with the skills and insights needed to engage strategically with the business. This includes articulating the GBS value proposition, identifying new opportunities, reimagining business models, driving automation, and developing critical business capabilities.

Program Benefits

Become certified as a GBS professional  
Gain recognition through a proven methodology inspired by leading, high-performing organizations.
Create a customized framework to suit your unique business needs
Leverage digital transformation as a driving force for innovation in your organization
Design a framework customized to your specific context
Harness digital transformation as a catalyst for innovation within your organization
Drive value while reducing costs
GBS enables your organization to certify for up to 50% cost savings, enhanced agility, and 3X value creation.

Each Professional GBS® course comes with the opportunity to earn a unique certification showcasing your expertise.

To qualify, you must complete the course and an assessment.

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Download the Professional GBS® Certification Brochure

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Why work with Inixia?

“The eight-week professional GBS certification provided valuable insights that were immediately applicable to my current work. Tony Saldanha and Filippo Passerini’s passion in teaching this was very evident, and other leaders such as Dave Cohen also made a significant impact. I especially resonated with the leadership module, knowing that it will inform many of my decisions in this maturity journey. “

Vanita Bhatia, Prosci, ICP-ACC, PMP, SA, MSP Director Business Management

"It was amazing to share best practices with many professionals around the world from different industries. All of us have at least one same objective: to learn better how to operate our business services globally. There are many tools that we learned and we can apply now. Thanks!"

Claudia Mañón Finance Shared Service Centre - Americas Head

“Inixia’s Professional GBS® Training and Certification Program was a great experience. Very helpful to understand the power of many concepts, levers, tool kits, etc, that we may know or have an idea about them, but not necessary take into consideration in our daily basis activities.

-GBS must be run as a business, this very short but super powerful statement, and is key to understand the whole program.
-Value creation through the GBS for the whole organization leveraging on Master Foundations, Service Management, Operation Management, Transformation and Leadership.”

Héctor Juárez M. Director AlEn Business Solutions Center

“Inixia’s Professional GBS Training and Certification Program has been an eye-opening experience, deepening my understanding of Global Business Services and its potential to enhance efficiency within a company like Schneider Electric. This program has equipped me with valuable skills and insights that not only advance my career but also enable me to contribute to our organization’s success in a more impactful way.”

Wilmeri OLIVEROS Operations Manager – UK&I & Nordics Global Marketing Schneider Electric

“Thank you Team Inixia, Tony and Filippo to help me unlearn and re-learn the business management from a GBS/SSO industry perspective. Your rich and in depth experience has been transformed into a robust industry relevant framework. This will guide professional practitioners like me, to look at opportunities and challenges from this perspective and use the appropriate tips & tricks to find a way out.”

Partha Chowdhury (Nokia)

"It was great to be part of this GBS Certification program, I will try to embark in a Transformation journey at Constellation Brands in a short future, and this training has given to me the foundations concepts even when those concepts you are keeping in mind, but with this course has been landed in a very good way! Of course everything we saw has been exemplified and allows us better understanding.

Hearing about the pillars of GBS Model(Foundations, Operations, Transformation and Leadership) from Speakers like Tony and Filippo with so much experience, it’s a gift!!"

Miguel Angel Avila – Director - Constellation Brands

“Embarking on the GBS Certification journey was a transformative experience that equipped me with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge vital for excelling in today's dynamic business landscape. It’s an investment in oneself that pays dividends in personal and professional growth.”

Angela Dougherty - Global Service Delivery Manager - Computacenter

“I had the privilege of joining a new organization with the mission to evolve our existing Shared Services into a Global Business Services model. Taking my whole Leadership Team through the INIXIA GBS Certification helped ground us all in a common terminology and approach to Dynamic Process Transformation. The experience has accelerated our efforts and helped build alignment among the team.”

Dave Marton - VP, Global Business Services - Becton Dickinson

"Participating in the GBS Certification journey was truly transformative. It provided me with both practical skills and theoretical knowledge essential for navigating today's ever-changing business landscape. This investment in myself has already begun to yield dividends in terms of personal and professional growth."

Mohan Thadani – Director - Liberty Utilities

“First of all, thank you to Sarawak Economic Development Corporation for sending me to Inixia's Professional GBS Certification programme and thank you to Inixia's Professional GBS for hosting a good programme, a new business model that is changing working style and approaches.

As that was the first exposure I had to Shared Service, indeed it was an eye opener to me as I am new to Shared Service way of working and will always look for opportunities to learn new skills for my career growth.”

Misni Binti Sabli

“I would highly recommend the Inixia's GBS training for anyone looking to enhance their professional growth. I recently attended a digital certification program, and it exceeded my expectations. The content was relevant and tailored to practical application. The trainers were knowledgeable, engaging, and delivered the sessions with clarity and enthusiasm. I left feeling confident and equipped with valuable skills I can apply in my work.”

Stephen Sharlow

“Pursuing the GBS certification was a pivotal decision in my career at Salesforce. I was motivated by a desire to deepen my understanding of global business operations and to enhance my strategic thinking skills.

The certification process was rigorous but incredibly rewarding. The coursework was comprehensive, covering a wide range of topics that are crucial for global business services. I found the case studies particularly valuable as they provided practical insights on the concepts we were learning.

One of the most significant benefits I gained from the certification was the ability to think more strategically about our global operations. This has directly impacted my role, allowing me to contribute more effectively to our projects and initiatives.

I highly recommend the GBS certification to anyone looking to advance their career in global business services. The skills and knowledge we gained are well worth the effort.”

Swaroop Anand Kota

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