Where a resource manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a resource manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Resource managers manage resources for all potential and assigned projects. They liaise with the different departments to see that all various resources needs are met, in a timely manner, and communicate any resourcing issues that may impact scheduled deadlines.
Also known as resource administrator, resources manager, resource specialist, resource coordinator.
Managers 43 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: forecast manager, 65%
- 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
A resource manager needs 25 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- estimate costs of required supplies information skills
- analyse logistic changes information skills
- forecast workload management skills
- supply chain principles business, administration and law
- supplier management business, administration and law
- business strategy concepts business, administration and law
- manage inventory management skills
- analyse supply chain strategies information skills
- analyse business plans information skills
- analyse supply chain trends information skills
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a resource manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- purchasing manager 62% covered · difficulty 43.5
- forecast manager 58% covered · difficulty 47.5
- operations manager 47% covered · difficulty 57.7
- project manager 35% covered · difficulty 68.1
- ICT vendor relationship manager 32% covered · difficulty 70.5
- quality services manager 26% covered · difficulty 75.7
- manufacturing cost estimator 23% covered · difficulty 78.4
- corporate risk manager 18% covered · difficulty 81.4
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Resource 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 a resource 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.