Quality services manager to resource manager
A quality services manager already meets 26% of what the resource manager role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
75.7/ 100
1 How much of what a resource manager is expected to do is already part of a quality services 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 resource manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A resource manager role treats 8 of its required skills as things a quality services manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess supplier risks
- business strategy concepts
- corporate social responsibility
- follow company standards
- liaise with managers
- perform project management
What stands in the way is 17 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 8 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 quality services manager background worth leading with.
- already held business strategy concepts business, administration and law
- already held strive for company growth management skills
- already held assess supplier risks information skills
- already held follow company standards assisting and caring
- already held corporate social responsibility business, administration and law
- already held project management business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the resource manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 4 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 analyse supply chain trends required
- still to learn analyse business plans required
- still to learn analyse logistic changes required
- still to learn analyse supply chain strategies required
- still to learn assess financial viability required
- still to learn estimate costs of required supplies required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn manage inventory required
- still to learn forecast workload required
- still to learn identify suppliers required
- still to learn manage budgets 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
- still to learn supplier management required
- still to learn supply chain management required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn maintain relationship with customers required
- still to learn maintain relationship with suppliers required
- still to learn order supplies required
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
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.
- 01 analyse supply chain trends practise this
- 02 maintain relationship with customers practise this
- 03 maintain relationship with suppliers 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held business strategy concepts knowledge
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held strive for company growth skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role business knowledge knowledge
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate test results to other departments skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role database quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role define quality standards skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
- not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
- not needed by the target role management systems standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee stock quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform pre-assembly quality checks skill
- not needed by the target role perform quality audits skill
- not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role set quality assurance objectives skill
- not needed by the target role train staff in quality procedures skill
- not needed by the target role use measurement instruments skill
8 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 supplier management required
- still to learn supply chain management required
- still to learn 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
Common questions about this move
Can a quality services manager become a resource manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A quality services manager already covers 26% of what a resource manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 8 of which the resource manager role treats as required.
What skills does a quality services manager need to become a resource manager?
17 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is analyse supply chain trends.
How hard is the move from quality services manager to resource manager?
Its learning distance is 75.7 out of 100, which is the career change 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.