ICT vendor relationship managertoICT buyer
A ICT vendor relationship manager already meets 72% of what the ICT buyer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
32.5/ 100
1 Share of the ICT buyer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT vendor relationship 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 this move works
A ICT buyer role treats 16 of its required skills as things a ICT vendor relationship manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- analyse supply chain strategies
- carry out tendering
- compare contractors' bids
- contract law
- coordinate purchasing activities
What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT buyer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT vendor relationship manager background worth leading with.
- already held issue purchase orders management skills
- already held prepare purchasing reportings information skills
- already held compare contractors' bids communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held track price trends information skills
- already held carry out tendering management skills
- already held software components suppliers information and communication technologies (icts)
All 21 carried skills, including the 16 the ICT buyer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held manufacturer's recommended price required
- required, not held product comprehension required
- optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
- optional, not held procurement legislation optional
- required, not held maintain contract administration required
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held carry out statistical forecasts optional
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held hardware platforms optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held manage logistics optional
- optional, not held use e-procurement optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a ICT buyer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manufacturer's recommended price knowledge · sector specific
- 02 product comprehension knowledge · sector specific
- 03 maintain contract administration skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held analyse supply chain strategies skill
- already held carry out tendering skill
- already held compare contractors' bids skill
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held coordinate purchasing activities skill
- already held electronic communication knowledge
- already held identify suppliers skill
- already held issue purchase orders skill
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held negotiate buying conditions skill
- already held perform procurement processes skill
- already held prepare purchasing reportings skill
- already held track price trends skill
- already held ICT market knowledge
- already held hardware components suppliers knowledge
- already held perform project management skill
- already held software components suppliers knowledge
- already held supply chain management knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
- optional, not held hardware platforms optional
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held use e-procurement optional
- optional, not held carry out statistical forecasts optional
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held manage logistics optional
- optional, not held procurement legislation optional
12 held skills the ICT buyer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain trends skill
- not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role design process skill
- not needed by the target role forecast workload skill
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held manufacturer's recommended price required
- required, not held product comprehension required
- optional, not held business ICT systems optional
- optional, not held business requirements techniques optional
- optional, not held hardware platforms optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held emergent technologies optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held procurement legislation optional
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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.