Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a forecast manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a forecast manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Forecast managers have a deep understanding of the operations of the company, the inventory levels, production batches, requirements and costs of production per product, and trends in the demand levels. They use all that information in combination with forecasting software in order to define production orders aiming for the most efficient production combinations.

Also known as analytic and forecasting manager, forecast and planning analyst, demand planning manager, forecast planning manager, forecasting and analysis director, forecast analyst.

Managers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: resource manager, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
resource manager 58% covered purchasing manager 58% covered supply chain manager 50% covered futures trader 31% covered ICT vendor relationship manag… 31% covered forecast manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from forecast manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a forecast manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A forecast manager needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • forecast dividend trends management skills
  • forecast production quantities information skills
  • forecast future levels of business information skills
  • estimate costs of required supplies information skills
  • analyse logistic changes information skills
  • supply chain principles business, administration and law
  • supplier management business, administration and law
  • manage inventory management skills
  • analyse supply chain strategies information skills
  • analyse economic trends information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a forecast manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Forecast manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a forecast 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.