Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

forecast managertoICT vendor relationship manager

A forecast manager already meets 31% of what the ICT vendor relationship manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From forecast manager
31%
Overlap1
To ICT vendor relationship manager
8 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
69.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.3/ 100

1 Share of the ICT vendor relationship manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forecast 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

Why this move works

A ICT vendor relationship manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a forecast manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse supply chain strategies
  • analyse supply chain trends
  • coordinate purchasing activities
  • identify suppliers
  • maintain relationship with customers
  • maintain relationship with suppliers

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT vendor relationship manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a forecast manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held coordinate purchasing activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse supply chain strategies information skills
  • already held analyse supply chain trends information skills
  • already held assess supplier risks information skills
  • already held identify suppliers management skills
  • already held supply chain management business, administration and law

All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the ICT vendor relationship manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 business, administration and law 6 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held ICT sales methodologies required
  • required, not held crowdsourcing strategy required
  • required, not held insourcing strategy required
  • required, not held outsourcing strategy required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held business processes optional
02 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held issue purchase orders required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held carry out tendering optional
  • optional, not held forecast workload optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held prepare purchasing reportings required
  • required, not held track price trends required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held manage contracts required
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
  • optional, not held negotiate buying conditions optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT vendor relationship manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse supply chain strategies skill
  • already held analyse supply chain trends skill
  • already held coordinate purchasing activities skill
  • already held identify suppliers skill
  • already held maintain relationship with customers skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held supply chain management knowledge
  • already held assess supplier risks skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held business processes optional
  • optional, not held carry out tendering optional
  • optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
  • optional, not held forecast workload optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held negotiate buying conditions optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
32 held skills the ICT vendor relationship manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse logistic changes skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse logistic needs skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in planning production scheduling skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate purchasing levels of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role consumer goods industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate costs of required supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast dividend trends skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast economic trends skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast future levels of business skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast production quantities skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast products' demand skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast sales over periods of time skill
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor ingredient storage skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
  • not needed by the target role study sales levels of products skill
  • not needed by the target role supplier management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supply chain principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use sales forecasting softwares skill
10 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held ICT sales methodologies required
  • required, not held crowdsourcing strategy required
  • required, not held insourcing strategy required
  • required, not held outsourcing strategy required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held business processes optional
Index

Other moves recorded from forecast manager

Full index of moves from forecast manager

Note

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.