Distribution manager to import export specialist in wood and construction materials
A distribution manager already meets 46% of what the import export specialist in wood and construction materials role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
56.4/ 100
1 How much of what an import export specialist in wood and construction materials is expected to do is already part of a distribution manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the import export specialist in wood and construction materials role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An import export specialist in wood and construction materials role treats 11 of its required skills as things a distribution manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate with shipment forwarders
- construction products
- create solutions to problems
- ensure customs compliance
- handle carriers
- have computer literacy
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An import export specialist in wood and construction materials role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a distribution manager background worth leading with.
- already held wood products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held construction products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held handle carriers management skills
- already held communicate with shipment forwarders communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held international import export regulations business, administration and law
- already held international commercial transactions rules business, administration and law
All 11 carried skills, including the 11 the import export specialist in wood and construction materials role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn apply import strategies required
- still to learn build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds required
- still to learn apply conflict management required
- still to learn apply export strategies required
- still to learn create import-export commercial documentation required
- still to learn administer multi-modal logistics required
- still to learn handle quotes from prospective shippers required
- still to learn meet deadlines required
- still to learn monitor merchandise delivery required
- still to learn file claims with insurance companies required
- still to learn protective measures against the introduction of organisms required
- still to learn regulations on substances required
- still to learn embargo regulations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an import export specialist in wood and construction materials role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply import strategies practise this
- 02 build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds practise this
- 03 embargo regulations study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with shipment forwarders skill
- already held construction products knowledge
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held ensure customs compliance skill
- already held handle carriers skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held international commercial transactions rules knowledge
- already held international import export regulations knowledge
- already held plan transport operations skill
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held wood products knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
67 held skills the import export specialist in wood and construction materials role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role agricultural equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feed products knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain trends skill
- not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out inventory control accuracy skill
- not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role clothing and footwear products knowledge
- not needed by the target role coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role dairy and edible oil products knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
- not needed by the target role direct logistical functions skill
- not needed by the target role electrical household appliances products knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic and telecommunication equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities skill
- not needed by the target role fish, crustacean and mollusc products knowledge
- not needed by the target role flower and plant products knowledge
- not needed by the target role freight transport methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role fruit and vegetable products knowledge
- not needed by the target role furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products knowledge
- not needed by the target role glassware products knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products knowledge
- not needed by the target role hazardous freight regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role hides, skins and leather products knowledge
- not needed by the target role household products knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role industrial tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role live animal products knowledge
- not needed by the target role machinery products knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
- not needed by the target role manage freight payment methods skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture ingredients skill
- not needed by the target role meat and meat products knowledge
- not needed by the target role metal and metal ore products knowledge
27 further entries not listed here
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn embargo regulations required
- still to learn protective measures against the introduction of organisms required
- still to learn regulations on substances required
Other moves recorded from distribution manager
Common questions about this move
Can a distribution manager become an import export specialist in wood and construction materials?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A distribution manager already covers 46% of what an import export specialist in wood and construction materials is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 11 of which the import export specialist in wood and construction materials role treats as required.
What skills does a distribution manager need to become an import export specialist in wood and construction materials?
13 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is apply import strategies.
How hard is the move from distribution manager to import export specialist in wood and construction materials?
Its learning distance is 56.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.