Flowers and plants distribution manager to import export specialist in flowers and plants
A flowers and plants distribution manager already meets 29% of what the import export specialist in flowers and plants role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.7/ 100
1 How much of what an import export specialist in flowers and plants is expected to do is already part of a flowers and plants 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 flowers and plants role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An import export specialist in flowers and plants role treats 7 of its required skills as things a flowers and plants distribution manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate with shipment forwarders
- create solutions to problems
- ensure customs compliance
- flower and plant products
- handle carriers
- have computer literacy
What stands in the way is 17 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An import export specialist in flowers and plants role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a flowers and plants distribution manager background worth leading with.
- already held flower and plant products natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held handle carriers management skills
- already held communicate with shipment forwarders communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure customs compliance assisting and caring
- already held plan transport operations management skills
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the import export specialist in flowers and plants role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 speak different languages required
- still to learn embargo regulations required
- still to learn international commercial transactions rules required
- still to learn international import export regulations 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 general principles of food law required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an import export specialist in flowers and plants 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with shipment forwarders skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held ensure customs compliance skill
- already held flower and plant products knowledge
- already held handle carriers skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held plan transport operations skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
19 held skills the import export specialist in flowers and plants role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain trends skill
- 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 develop financial statistics reports skill
- not needed by the target role ensure regulatory compliance concerning distribution activities skill
- not needed by the target role freight transport methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role hazardous freight regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- 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 minimise shipping cost skill
- not needed by the target role perform financial risk management in international trade skill
- not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
- not needed by the target role supply chain management knowledge
- not needed by the target role track shipments skill
- not needed by the target role track shipping sites skill
6 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 general principles of food law required
- still to learn international commercial transactions rules required
- still to learn international import export regulations required
- still to learn protective measures against the introduction of organisms required
- still to learn regulations on substances required
Other moves recorded from flowers and plants distribution manager
- specialised goods distribution manager 66% covered · moderate
- distribution manager 56% covered · substantial
- import export specialist in office machinery and equipment 29% covered · substantial
- import export specialist in watches and jewellery 29% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from flowers and plants distribution manager
Common questions about this move
Can a flowers and plants distribution manager become an import export specialist in flowers and plants?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A flowers and plants distribution manager already covers 29% of what an import export specialist in flowers and plants is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the import export specialist in flowers and plants role treats as required.
What skills does a flowers and plants distribution manager need to become an import export specialist in flowers and plants?
17 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 6 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 flowers and plants distribution manager to import export specialist in flowers and plants?
Its learning distance is 70.7 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.