Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an ICT buyer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an ICT buyer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

ICT buyers create and place purchase orders for ICT products and services, handle receiving and invoice issues, assess current procurement practices and effectively apply strategic sourcing methodologies. They build relationships with strategic vendors and negotiate price, quality, service levels and delivery terms.

Also known as ICT buyers, IT buyer, ICT purchaser, ICT procurer, ICT procurement officer, IT procurement officer.

Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT vendor relationship manager, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ICT vendor relationship manag… 66% covered purchaser 43% covered purchase planner 29% covered purchasing manager 28% covered trade regional manager 20% covered ICT buyer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ICT buyer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an ICT buyer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An ICT buyer needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • issue purchase orders management skills
  • prepare purchasing reportings information skills
  • manufacturer's recommended price business, administration and law
  • compare contractors' bids communication, collaboration and creativity
  • track price trends information skills
  • carry out tendering management skills
  • coordinate purchasing activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain contract administration information skills
  • electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • analyse supply chain strategies information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an ICT buyer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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ICT buyer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an ICT buyer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.