Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a supply chain assistant can go next

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

Supply chain assistants work closely together with managers in the operations processes, namely purchasing, manufacturing, and distribution processes. They help with administrative and pragmatic follow up of actions such as invoicing, drafting and preparation of contracts and purchasing orders, reconciliation of inventory against documents, and communication with distribution channels.

Technicians and associate professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: administrative assistant, 21%

administrative assistant 21% covered purchasing manager 18% covered forecast manager 18% covered management assistant 18% covered secretary 16% covered supply chain assistant You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from supply chain assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a supply chain assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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supply chain assistant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a supply chain assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.