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ICT environmental manager to ICT vendor relationship manager

An ICT environmental 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.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From ICT environmental manager

Distant match

To ICT vendor relationship manager

6 You already bring

14 Still to learn

33 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance A rebuild

75.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what an ICT vendor relationship manager is expected to do is already part of an ICT environmental manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the ICT vendor relationship manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An ICT vendor relationship manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things an ICT environmental manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

ICT market
crowdsourcing strategy
insourcing strategy
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. An ICT vendor relationship manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT environmental 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 ICT market business, administration and law
already held perform procurement processes 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 may need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn coordinate purchasing activities required
still to learn maintain relationship with customers required
still to learn maintain relationship with suppliers required
still to learn 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

02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn analyse supply chain trends required
still to learn prepare purchasing reportings required
still to learn track price trends required
still to learn analyse supply chain strategies required

optional, not held assess supplier risks optional

03 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn ICT sales methodologies required
still to learn contract law required
still to learn supply chain management required

optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
optional, not held business processes optional

04 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn issue purchase orders required
still to learn 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

still to learn 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 an 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 ICT market knowledge
already held crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
already held insourcing strategy knowledge
already held manage budgets skill
already held outsourcing strategy knowledge
already held perform procurement processes skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to pick up 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 pick up 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 business processes 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 project management optional

34 held skills the ICT vendor relationship manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
not needed by the target role coach employees skill
not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
not needed by the target role design computer network skill
not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
not needed by the target role embedded systems knowledge
not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
not needed by the target role environmental management monitors knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
not needed by the target role green computing knowledge
not needed by the target role hardware materials knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
not needed by the target role product life-cycle knowledge
not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
not needed by the target role protect the environment from the impact of the digital technologies skill
not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
not needed by the target role train employees skill
not needed by the target role waste management 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 pick up Tier

still to learn ICT sales methodologies required
still to learn contract law required
still to learn electronic communication required
still to learn supply chain management required
optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
optional, not held software components suppliers optional
optional, not held business processes optional

Index

Other moves recorded from ICT environmental manager

Full index of moves from ICT environmental manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT environmental manager become an ICT vendor relationship manager?

Yes, and it is a career change move. An ICT environmental manager already covers 22% of what an ICT vendor relationship manager is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 5 of which the ICT vendor relationship manager role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT environmental manager need to become an ICT vendor relationship manager?

14 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is ICT sales methodologies.

How hard is the move from ICT environmental manager to ICT vendor relationship manager?

Its learning distance is 75.8 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.