procurement category specialisttocontract manager
A procurement category specialist already meets 73% of what the contract manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
73%
32.3/ 100
1 Share of the contract manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the procurement category specialist 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 contract manager role treats 21 of its required skills as things a procurement category specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to changing situations
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- communication principles
- cooperate with colleagues
What stands in the way is 8 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 contract manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a procurement category specialist 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 morality arts and humanities
- already held procurement lifecycle business, administration and law
All 23 carried skills, including the 21 the contract manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 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.
- required, not held negotiate improvement with suppliers required
- required, not held manage contract disputes required
- required, not held negotiate buying conditions required
- required, not held negotiate supplier arrangements required
- required, not held use communication techniques required
- required, not held apply certification and payment procedures required
- required, not held project management principles required
- required, not held perform contract reporting and evaluation required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a contract manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply certification and payment procedures skill · sector specific
- 02 negotiate improvement with suppliers skill · sector specific
- 03 manage contract disputes skill · cross sector
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 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 develop performance orientation in public administration skill
- already held implement procurement of innovation skill
- already held implement risk management in procurement 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 manage relationships with stakeholders skill
- already held morality knowledge
- already held organisational structure knowledge
- already held procurement legislation knowledge
- already held procurement lifecycle knowledge
- already held supplier management knowledge
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held e-procurement knowledge
- already held use e-procurement skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
11 held skills the contract manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess procurement needs skill
- not needed by the target role category specific expertise knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop procurement strategy skill
- not needed by the target role draft procurement technical specifications skill
- not needed by the target role draft tender documentation skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate tender skill
- not needed by the target role international business knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- not needed by the target role perform procurement market analysis skill
- not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
1 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 project management principles required
Other moves recorded from procurement category specialist
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.