Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a public procurement specialist can go next

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

Public procurement specialists are full-time public procurement practitioners working as part of a procurement team in a large organisation or central purchasing body in all phases of the procurement cycle. They translate needs into contracts and deliver value for money for the organisation and the public.

Professionals 47 skills on file 4 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: procurement department manager, 86%

procurement department manager 86% covered purchasing manager 21% covered purchaser 19% covered purchase planner 18% covered public procurement specia… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 4 nearest destinations from public procurement specialist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a public procurement specialist already covers. All 4 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

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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public procurement 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 public procurement 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.