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Career Guidance Knowledge business, administration and law K041 - business and administration K0413 - management and administration Outsourcing strategy
Description
The high level planning for managing and optimising external services of providers to execute business processes.
This knowledge excludes insourcing and crowdsourcing. Includes offshoring and nearshoring.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 8 occupations
- Total: 10 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 1 (Managers)
Essential for
- ICT capacity plannerICT capacity planners ensure that the capacity of ICT services and ICT infrastructure is able to deliver agreed service level targets in a cost effective and timely manner. They…
- ICT vendor relationship managerICT vendor relationship managers establish and maintain positive business relationships between stakeholders (external or internal), by deploying activities which are compliant wit…
Optional for
- Print studio supervisorPrint production supervisors organise the activity of one or more teams of machine operators in printing, binding of books and finishing of printed materials. They aim to optimise …
- ICT business development managerICT business development managers increase business opportunities for the organisation and develop strategies that will enhance the smooth running of the organisation, product deve…
- ICT documentation managerICT documentation managers are in charge of managing the documentation development process in accordance with legal requirements, standards, organisational policies and goals. They…
- ICT project managerICT project managers schedule, control and direct the resources, people, funding and facilities to achieve the objectives of ICT projects. They establish budgets and timelines, per…
- ICT research managerICT research managers plan, manage and monitor research activities and evaluate emerging trends in the information and communication technology field to assess their relevance. The…
- Project managerProject managers ensure that a project is completed on time, within budget, and that its objectives are met. They oversee the project, manage the team, ensure the most efficient…
- Operations managerOperations managers plan, oversee and coordinate the daily operations of production of goods and provision of services. They also formulate and implement company policies and plan …
- ICT operations managerICT operations managers coordinate ICT services and infrastructure ensuring that the organisation has the required infrastructural resources. They also plan and monitor stages of e…
Related skills
- Insourcing strategy
- Crowdsourcing strategy
- Manage staff
- Perform project management
- Manage budgets
- Build business relationships
- Maintain relationship with suppliers
- Perform resource planning
- Provide cost benefit analysis reports
- Train employees
- Apply change management
- Create solutions to problems
Last updated on February 18, 2026
