Career switch, measured
From Supply Chain Manager to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 43% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Project management, Stakeholder management, Leadership, SQL; the main skills to add are Budgeting, AWS, Sales, Agile.
43%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSupply Chain ManagerIT Project Manager
- Project management37%47%
- Stakeholder management44%67%
- Leadership56%55%
- SQL26%19%
- Supply chain99%18%
- Process improvement38%20%
- Procurement50%13%
- Data visualization13%9%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Supply Chain Manager ones.
SkillSupply Chain ManagerIT Project Manager
- Budgeting13%31%
- AWS7%30%
- Sales13%27%
- Agile–23%
- Python–20%
- Customer success–20%
- Training and coaching8%16%
- Databricks–16%
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