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

ICT vendor relationship managertoresource manager

A ICT vendor relationship manager already meets 32% of what the resource manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT vendor relationship manager
32%
Overlap1
To resource manager
10 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
70.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.5/ 100

1 Share of the resource manager 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

Why this move works

A resource manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a ICT vendor relationship manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse supply chain strategies
  • analyse supply chain trends
  • assess supplier risks
  • forecast workload
  • identify suppliers
  • maintain relationship with customers

What stands in the way is 15 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A resource manager 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held forecast workload management skills
  • already held analyse supply chain strategies information skills
  • already held analyse supply chain trends information skills
  • already held assess supplier risks information skills
  • already held identify suppliers management skills
  • already held supply chain management business, administration and law

All 10 carried skills, including the 10 the resource manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 5 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 information skills 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse business plans required
  • required, not held analyse logistic changes required
  • required, not held assess financial viability required
  • required, not held estimate costs of required supplies required
  • required, not held perform resource planning required
  • optional, not held accurately estimate work hours optional
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
  • optional, not held calculate purchasing levels of raw materials optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held estimate profitability optional
02 business, administration and law 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held corporate social responsibility required
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held supplier management required
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • required, not held supply chain principles required
  • optional, not held conflict management optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held human resource management optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
03 management skills 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held manage inventory required
  • required, not held strive for company growth required
  • optional, not held programme work according to incoming orders optional
  • optional, not held control financial resources optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held manage human resources optional
  • optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
  • optional, not held manage supplies optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • required, not held order supplies required
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held follow company standards required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a resource 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse supply chain strategies skill
  • already held analyse supply chain trends skill
  • already held assess supplier risks skill
  • already held forecast workload skill
  • already held identify suppliers skill
  • already held maintain relationship with customers skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held supply chain management knowledge
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held programme work according to incoming orders optional
  • optional, not held accurately estimate work hours optional
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held apply for government funding optional
  • optional, not held calculate purchasing levels of raw materials optional
  • optional, not held conflict management optional
  • optional, not held control financial resources optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held estimate profitability optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held human resource management optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held manage human resources optional
  • optional, not held manage sub-contract labour optional
  • optional, not held manage supplies optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
23 held skills the resource manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines 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 carry out tendering skill
  • not needed by the target role compare contractors' bids skill
  • not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate purchasing activities skill
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design process skill
  • not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role issue purchase orders skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate buying conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform procurement processes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare purchasing reportings skill
  • not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role track price trends skill
10 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 corporate social responsibility required
  • required, not held project management required
  • required, not held supplier management required
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • required, not held supply chain principles required
  • optional, not held conflict management optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held human resource management optional
  • optional, not held labour legislation optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ICT vendor relationship manager

Full index of moves from ICT vendor relationship 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.