contract managertoprocurement category specialist
A contract manager already meets 68% of what the procurement category specialist role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
35.8/ 100
1 Share of the procurement category specialist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the contract manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A procurement category specialist role treats 11 of its required skills as things a contract manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to changing situations
- address problems critically
- develop performance orientation in public administration
- implement procurement of innovation
- implement sustainable procurement
- keep up-to-date with regulations
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A procurement category specialist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a contract manager background worth leading with.
- already held develop performance orientation in public administration management skills
- already held implement risk management in procurement information skills
- already held manage procurement planning management skills
- already held implement sustainable procurement communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held procurement lifecycle business, administration and law
- already held morality arts and humanities
All 23 carried skills, including the 11 the procurement category specialist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held perform procurement market analysis required
- required, not held monitor developments in field of expertise required
- optional, not held evaluate tender optional
- optional, not held draft tender documentation optional
- required, not held assess procurement needs required
- required, not held draft procurement technical specifications required
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- required, not held category specific expertise required
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- optional, not held develop procurement strategy optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a procurement category specialist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess procurement needs skill · sector specific
- 02 category specific expertise knowledge · sector specific
- 03 draft procurement technical specifications skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to changing situations skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held develop performance orientation in public administration skill
- already held implement procurement of innovation skill
- already held implement sustainable procurement skill
- already held keep up-to-date with regulations skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held manage procurement planning skill
- already held procurement lifecycle knowledge
- already held supplier management knowledge
- already held adhere to organisational code of ethics skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held communication principles knowledge
- already held cooperate with colleagues skill
- already held e-procurement knowledge
- already held implement risk management in procurement skill
- already held manage relationships with stakeholders skill
- already held morality knowledge
- already held organisational structure knowledge
- already held procurement legislation knowledge
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held use e-procurement skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop procurement strategy optional
- optional, not held evaluate tender optional
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- optional, not held draft tender documentation optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
8 held skills the procurement category specialist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply certification and payment procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate buying conditions skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate supplier arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role perform contract reporting and evaluation skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held category specific expertise required
- optional, not held quantity surveying optional
- optional, not held international business optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.