Market analysis and engagement

Understanding supply markets, engaging suppliers before procurement, and using market evidence to shape requirements, routes to market, and commercial models.

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Levels

1. Awareness: You can:

find suppliers on frameworks and supplier databases
explain why early market engagement must be fair to all suppliers
2. Working: You can:

gather market information, prices, and supplier details for a requirement
run a request for information and summarise the responses
3. Practitioner: You can:

analyse a supply market, its competition, risks, and trends
lead early market engagement, such as supplier days, without distorting competition
use market evidence to shape requirements and commercial models
4. Expert: You can:

shape markets, for example by encouraging new or smaller suppliers
lead market strategy with other buying organisations

Closest ESCO skills

perform procurement market analysis (exact match)
identify suppliers (narrow match)
assess procurement needs (broad match)

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role level	Role	Band	Expected level
Category manager (digital and technology)	Category manager	8a	Practitioner
Senior category manager	Category manager	8b	Practitioner
Buyer	Procurement officer	4	Awareness
Procurement officer	Procurement officer	5	Working
Senior procurement officer	Procurement officer	6	Practitioner