Purchasing manager to hardware and paint shop manager
A purchasing manager already meets 32% of what the hardware and paint shop manager role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.2/ 100
1 How much of what a hardware and paint shop manager is expected to do is already part of a purchasing 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 hardware and paint shop manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A hardware and paint shop manager role treats 9 of its required skills as things a purchasing manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- negotiate buying conditions
- negotiate sales contracts
What stands in the way is 19 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hardware and paint shop manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a purchasing manager background worth leading with.
- already held study sales levels of products information skills
- already held negotiate buying conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held negotiate sales contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relationship with customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held order supplies communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the hardware and paint shop manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- still to learn supervise merchandise displays required
- still to learn ensure client orientation required
- still to learn maximise sales revenues required
- still to learn perform procurement processes required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held sell hardware optional
- still to learn ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations required
- still to learn adhere to organisational guidelines required
- still to learn apply health and safety standards required
- still to learn manage theft prevention required
- still to learn obtain relevant licenses required
- still to learn ensure correct goods labelling required
- still to learn set up pricing strategies required
- still to learn measure customer feedback required
- still to learn oversee promotional sales prices required
- still to learn set sales goals required
- still to learn monitor customer service required
- still to learn sales activities required
- still to learn employment law required
- still to learn hardware industry required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hardware and paint shop manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations practise this
- 02 ensure correct goods labelling practise this
- 03 oversee promotional sales prices practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held negotiate buying conditions skill
- already held negotiate sales contracts skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held study sales levels of products skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sell hardware optional
44 held skills the hardware and paint shop manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on sustainable management policies skill
- not needed by the target role analyse consumer buying trends skill
- not needed by the target role analyse logistic changes skill
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain strategies skill
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain trends skill
- not needed by the target role assess procurement needs skill
- not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- not needed by the target role calculate purchasing levels of raw materials skill
- not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
- not needed by the target role category specific expertise knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate purchasing activities skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role estimate costs of required supplies skill
- not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role implement procurement of innovation skill
- not needed by the target role implement sustainable procurement skill
- not needed by the target role international business knowledge
- not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
- not needed by the target role manage procurement planning skill
- not needed by the target role manage rented goods returns skill
- not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
- not needed by the target role market pricing knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
- not needed by the target role perform procurement market analysis skill
- not needed by the target role pricing strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role procurement legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role procurement lifecycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role risk management knowledge
- not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
- not needed by the target role supplier management knowledge
- not needed by the target role supply chain management knowledge
- not needed by the target role supply chain principles knowledge
4 further entries not listed here
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn sales activities required
- still to learn employment law required
- still to learn hardware industry required
Other moves recorded from purchasing manager
- forecast manager 66% covered · moderate
- resource manager 62% covered · moderate
- supply chain manager 53% covered · substantial
- procurement category specialist 50% covered · moderate
- purchaser 48% covered · substantial
- ICT vendor relationship manager 46% covered · substantial
- ICT buyer 42% covered · substantial
- purchase planner 38% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a purchasing manager become a hardware and paint shop manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A purchasing manager already covers 32% of what a hardware and paint shop manager is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 9 of which the hardware and paint shop manager role treats as required.
What skills does a purchasing manager need to become a hardware and paint shop manager?
19 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations.
How hard is the move from purchasing manager to hardware and paint shop manager?
Its learning distance is 70.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.