Occupation AtlasICT buyer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bb95ef58-9139-4967-bfc1-da8386a4e672
ICT buyer
ICT buyers create and place purchase orders for ICT products and services, handle receiving and invoice issues, assess current procurement practices and effectively apply strategic sourcing methodologies. They build relationships with strategic vendors and negotiate price, quality, service levels and delivery terms.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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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
CERConventional · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.65
- E Enterprising5.09
- R Realistic3.50
- S Social1.93
- I Investigative1.82
- A Artistic1.19
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 Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products (13-1023.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
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.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- analyse supply chain strategies
- carry out tendering
- compare contractors' bids
- contract law
- coordinate purchasing activities
- electronic communication
- identify suppliers
- issue purchase orders
- maintain contract administration
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage contracts
- manufacturer's recommended price
- negotiate buying conditions
- perform procurement processes
- prepare purchasing reportings
- product comprehension
- track price trends
Optional (16)
- ICT market
- business ICT systems
- business requirements techniques
- carry out statistical forecasts
- emergent technologies
- hardware components
- hardware components suppliers
- hardware platforms
- identify ICT user needs
- manage logistics
- perform project management
- procurement legislation
- software components libraries
- software components suppliers
- supply chain management
- use e-procurement
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 19 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
ICT vendor relationship manager
11 shared · 8 more of its ownissue purchase orders, prepare purchasing reportings, track price trends, coordinate purchasing activities
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9 shared · 11 more of its ownissue purchase orders, compare contractors' bids, track price trends, coordinate purchasing activities
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purchasing manager
7 shared · 18 more of its owncoordinate purchasing activities, analyse supply chain strategies, identify suppliers, negotiate buying conditions
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purchase planner
6 shared · 14 more of its ownprepare purchasing reportings, track price trends, perform procurement processes, identify suppliers
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5 shared · 23 more of its ownperform procurement processes, negotiate buying conditions, maintain relationship with suppliers, maintain relationship with customers
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5 shared · 23 more of its ownperform procurement processes, negotiate buying conditions, maintain relationship with suppliers, maintain relationship with customers
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5 shared · 23 more of its ownperform procurement processes, negotiate buying conditions, maintain relationship with suppliers, maintain relationship with customers
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