Where a footwear product development manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a footwear product development manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Footwear product development managers coordinate the footwear design and the product and collection development process in order to comply with design specifications, deadlines, strategic requirements and policies of the company. They track style development and review design specifications in order to meet the design vision, the manufacturing environment, and the company’s financial goals.
Also known as pre-production manager, product development team leader, footwear production & development manager, senior product developer, footwear product manager, footwear development team leader, footwear production and development manager.
Managers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: footwear quality technician, 73%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- footwear quality technician 73% covered · difficulty 27.8
- leather goods product developer 67% covered · difficulty 37.7
- footwear quality controller 64% covered · difficulty 35.9
- leather goods designer 59% covered · difficulty 45
- leather goods product development manager 57% covered · difficulty 49.6
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A footwear product development manager needs 27 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- perform market research in footwear management skills
- develop footwear collection communication, collaboration and creativity
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning business, administration and law
- create patterns for footwear handling and moving
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans management skills
- implement footwear marketing plan communication, collaboration and creativity
- perform pattern grading handling and moving
- apply development process to footwear design information skills
- prepare footwear samples handling and moving
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a footwear product development manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Footwear product development manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a footwear product development manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.