Occupation Atlasprocurement department manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/91f93dc4-1b71-4053-b6fb-c579ec19303a
procurement department manager
Procurement department managers ensure that the organisation's policy goals are transformed into concrete actions and support their teams to achieve the best results for their clients and the public. They oversee the public procurement professionals in the organisation to deliver on their objectives.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional5.98
- S Social2.70
- R Realistic2.49
- I Investigative1.77
- A Artistic1.20
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Purchasing Managers (11-3061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (37)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt to changing situations
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply certification and payment procedures
- assess procurement needs
- communication principles
- cooperate with colleagues
- develop performance orientation in public administration
- develop procurement strategy
- e-procurement
- evaluate tender
- implement procurement of innovation
- implement risk management in procurement
- implement sustainable procurement
- keep up-to-date with regulations
- leadership principles
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage a team
- manage contract disputes
- manage contracts
- manage procurement planning
- manage relationships with stakeholders
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- morality
- negotiate buying conditions
- negotiate improvement with suppliers
- negotiate supplier arrangements
- organisational structure
- perform contract reporting and evaluation
- procurement legislation
- procurement lifecycle
- project management
- supplier management
- teamwork principles
- use communication techniques
- use e-procurement
Optional (12)
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 37 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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