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Where a procurement category specialist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a procurement category specialist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Procurement category specialists are experts in specific markets and contract types and provide advanced knowledge of a particular category of supplies, services or works. They help internal or external clients to increase value for money and end users' satisfaction through their advanced knowledge of the suppliers and their offering.

Professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: procurement support officer, 83%

public procurement specialist 75% covered standalone public buyer 74% covered contract manager 73% covered procurement department manager 66% covered procurement support officer 83% covered procurement category spec… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from procurement category specialist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a procurement category specialist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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procurement category specialist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a procurement category specialist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.