Where an import export manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an import export manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Import export managers install and maintain procedures for cross-border business, coordinating internal and external parties.
Also known as senior customs compliance manager, senior import export manager, graduate export manager, senior international trade compliance manager, senior export manager, trainee international trade manager, senior international trade manager, graduate international trade manager, trainee international trade compliance manager, senior import manager, assistant import manager, trainee customs compliance manager.
Managers 80 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: import export specialist in dairy products and edible oils, 69%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- import export specialist in dairy products and edible oils 69% covered · difficulty 35.8
- import export specialist in meat and meat products 69% covered · difficulty 35.8
- import export specialist in fish, crustaceans and molluscs 68% covered · difficulty 36.5
- import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods 68% covered · difficulty 36.5
- import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery 68% covered · difficulty 36.5
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An import export manager needs 23 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- conduct performance measurement management skills
- manage processes management skills
- set import export strategies management skills
- direct distribution operations management skills
- export control principles business, administration and law
- control trade commercial documentation assisting and caring
- abide by business ethical code of conducts assisting and caring
- international business business, administration and law
- produce sales reports information skills
- monitor international market performance information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an import export manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- import export specialist 70% covered · difficulty 41.5
- import export manager in beverages 58% covered · difficulty 56.3
- import export manager in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft 57% covered · difficulty 56.7
- import export manager in meat and meat products 57% covered · difficulty 56.7
- import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices 56% covered · difficulty 57.4
- import export manager in dairy products and edible oils 56% covered · difficulty 57.4
- import export manager in fish, crustaceans and molluscs 56% covered · difficulty 57.4
- import export manager in fruit and vegetables 56% covered · difficulty 57.4
- import export manager in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery 56% covered · difficulty 57.4
- import export manager in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds 55% covered · difficulty 58.2
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Import export 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 an import export 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.