Where an ICT vendor relationship manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an ICT vendor relationship manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
ICT vendor relationship managers establish and maintain positive business relationships between stakeholders (external or internal), by deploying activities which are compliant with organisational processes. They also manage the outsourcing process for the organisation's ICT department and the supply chain communications.
Also known as ICT vendor relations manager, IT vendor relations manager, ICT vendor relationships manager, IT vendor relationship manager, ICT vendor relationship managers.
Managers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT buyer, 72%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An ICT vendor relationship manager 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.
- issue purchase orders management skills
- prepare purchasing reportings information skills
- ICT sales methodologies business, administration and law
- track price trends information skills
- crowdsourcing strategy business, administration and law
- insourcing strategy business, administration and law
- coordinate purchasing activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- outsourcing strategy business, administration and law
- ICT market business, administration and law
- electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an ICT vendor relationship manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- ICT buyer 66% covered · difficulty 38.5
- supply chain manager 51% covered · difficulty 53
- purchasing manager 46% covered · difficulty 56.7
- purchaser 42% covered · difficulty 60.1
- ICT operations manager 38% covered · difficulty 63.5
- resource manager 34% covered · difficulty 67.3
- forecast manager 31% covered · difficulty 69.3
- ICT project manager 27% covered · difficulty 72.4
- ICT business development manager 24% covered · difficulty 74.7
- ICT documentation manager 22% covered · difficulty 75.8
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ICT vendor relationship manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an ICT vendor relationship manager’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.