Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

ICT documentation managertoICT vendor relationship manager

A ICT documentation manager already meets 22% of what the ICT vendor relationship manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT documentation manager
22%
Overlap1
To ICT vendor relationship manager
6 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
75.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.8/ 100

1 Share of the ICT vendor relationship manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT documentation manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A ICT vendor relationship manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a ICT documentation manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • crowdsourcing strategy
  • insourcing strategy
  • maintain relationship with suppliers
  • manage budgets
  • outsourcing strategy

What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT vendor relationship manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT documentation manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held crowdsourcing strategy business, administration and law
  • already held insourcing strategy business, administration and law
  • already held outsourcing strategy business, administration and law
  • already held business processes business, administration and law
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage budgets management skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the ICT vendor relationship manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 business, administration and law 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held ICT sales methodologies required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held supply chain management required
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse supply chain trends required
  • required, not held prepare purchasing reportings required
  • required, not held track price trends required
  • required, not held analyse supply chain strategies required
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate purchasing activities required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
  • required, not held manage contracts required
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
  • optional, not held negotiate buying conditions optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
04 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held issue purchase orders required
  • required, not held identify suppliers required
  • optional, not held carry out tendering optional
  • optional, not held forecast workload optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT vendor relationship manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • already held insourcing strategy knowledge
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held outsourcing strategy knowledge
  • already held business processes knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held carry out tendering optional
  • optional, not held compare contractors' bids optional
  • optional, not held design process optional
  • optional, not held forecast workload optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held negotiate buying conditions optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
31 held skills the ICT vendor relationship manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT help platforms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role content development processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate internal communications skill
  • not needed by the target role document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role identify ICT user needs skill
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role identify market requirements for ICT documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage content development projects skill
  • not needed by the target role manage content metadata skill
  • not needed by the target role manage human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role manage information sources skill
  • not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role provide guidelines for content development skill
  • not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role supplier management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
  • not needed by the target role usability engineering knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held ICT market required
  • required, not held ICT sales methodologies required
  • required, not held contract law required
  • required, not held electronic communication required
  • required, not held supply chain management required
  • optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
  • optional, not held software components suppliers optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT documentation manager

Full index of moves from ICT documentation manager

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.