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

ICT buyertoICT vendor relationship manager

A ICT buyer already meets 66% of what the ICT vendor relationship manager role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT buyer
66%
Overlap1
To ICT vendor relationship manager
21 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
38.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

38.5/ 100

1 Share of the ICT vendor relationship manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT buyer 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 13 of its required skills as things a ICT buyer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT market
  • analyse supply chain strategies
  • contract law
  • coordinate purchasing activities
  • electronic communication
  • identify suppliers

What stands in the way is 6 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 21 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 ICT buyer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held issue purchase orders management skills
  • already held prepare purchasing reportings information skills
  • already held track price trends information skills
  • already held compare contractors' bids communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out tendering management skills
  • already held software components suppliers information and communication technologies (icts)

All 21 carried skills, including the 13 the ICT vendor relationship manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 4 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 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • 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
  • optional, not held business processes optional
02 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held forecast workload optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse supply chain trends required
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
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 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT market knowledge
  • already held analyse supply chain strategies skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held coordinate purchasing activities skill
  • already held electronic communication knowledge
  • already held identify suppliers skill
  • already held issue purchase orders skill
  • already held maintain relationship with customers skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held prepare purchasing reportings skill
  • already held supply chain management knowledge
  • already held track price trends skill
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held carry out tendering skill
  • already held compare contractors' bids skill
  • already held hardware components suppliers knowledge
  • already held negotiate buying conditions skill
  • already held perform procurement processes skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held software components suppliers knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held business processes optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
  • optional, not held forecast workload optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
14 held skills the ICT vendor relationship manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role business ICT systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business requirements techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
  • not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware platforms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT user needs skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
  • not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturer's recommended price knowledge
  • not needed by the target role procurement legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software components libraries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use e-procurement skill
5 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 sales methodologies required
  • required, not held crowdsourcing strategy required
  • required, not held insourcing strategy required
  • required, not held outsourcing strategy required
  • optional, not held business processes optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT buyer

Full index of moves from ICT buyer

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.