Also called: Vendor Relationship Manager, Supplier Manager
Manages the outside companies a business relies on, making sure they deliver what they promised.
You review a cleaning company's monthly scorecard, renegotiate a contract with a software vendor and find a backup supplier in case one fails.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in business or supply chain.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Supply Chain Management.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Tracks business operations specialists.
Medium risk for 10 years. Vendor scorecards and contract tracking are automated; renegotiating and finding backups stays human.
Classes: Business elective, Speech and debate, Spreadsheets or computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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