procurement category specialisttoprocurement department manager
A procurement category specialist already meets 66% of what the procurement department manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
43.6/ 100
1 Share of the procurement department manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the procurement category specialist 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 procurement department manager role treats 27 of its required skills as things a procurement category specialist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to changing situations
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- assess procurement needs
- communication principles
What stands in the way is 10 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A procurement department manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a procurement category specialist background worth leading with.
- already held develop procurement strategy management skills
- already held evaluate tender information skills
- already held develop performance orientation in public administration management skills
- already held implement risk management in procurement information skills
- already held manage procurement planning management skills
- already held assess procurement needs communication, collaboration and creativity
All 28 carried skills, including the 27 the procurement department manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 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.
- required, not held negotiate improvement with suppliers required
- required, not held manage contract disputes required
- required, not held negotiate buying conditions required
- required, not held negotiate supplier arrangements required
- required, not held use communication techniques required
- optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held manage a team required
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- optional, not held control financial resources optional
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- required, not held project management required
- optional, not held continuous improvement philosophies optional
- optional, not held management department processes optional
- required, not held perform contract reporting and evaluation required
- optional, not held analyse business processes optional
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- required, not held apply certification and payment procedures required
- required, not held leadership principles required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a procurement department manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply certification and payment procedures skill · sector specific
- 02 negotiate improvement with suppliers skill · sector specific
- 03 project management knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to changing situations skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held adhere to organisational code of ethics skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held assess procurement needs skill
- already held communication principles knowledge
- already held cooperate with colleagues skill
- already held develop performance orientation in public administration skill
- already held develop procurement strategy skill
- already held e-procurement knowledge
- already held evaluate tender skill
- already held implement procurement of innovation skill
- already held implement risk management in procurement skill
- already held implement sustainable procurement skill
- already held keep up-to-date with regulations skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held manage procurement planning skill
- already held manage relationships with stakeholders skill
- already held monitor developments in field of expertise skill
- already held morality knowledge
- already held organisational structure knowledge
- already held procurement legislation knowledge
- already held procurement lifecycle knowledge
- already held supplier management knowledge
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held use e-procurement skill
- already held international business knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held government policy optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse business processes optional
- optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- optional, not held continuous improvement philosophies optional
- optional, not held control financial resources optional
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- optional, not held government policy optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held management department processes optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
6 held skills the procurement department manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role category specific expertise knowledge
- not needed by the target role draft procurement technical specifications skill
- not needed by the target role draft tender documentation skill
- not needed by the target role perform procurement market analysis skill
- not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
5 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 project management required
- required, not held leadership principles required
- optional, not held continuous improvement philosophies optional
- optional, not held government policy optional
- optional, not held management department processes optional
Other moves recorded from procurement category specialist
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.