Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

import export managertoimport export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery

A import export manager already meets 68% of what the import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From import export manager
68%
Overlap1
To import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery
17 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
36.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

68%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

36.5/ 100

1 Share of the import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the import export manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role treats 17 of its required skills as things a import export manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • administer multi-modal logistics
  • apply conflict management
  • build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
  • create solutions to problems
  • embargo regulations
  • ensure customs compliance

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a import export manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held protective measures against the introduction of organisms natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held food hygiene rules services
  • already held general principles of food law engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held administer multi-modal logistics management skills
  • already held regulations on substances natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 17 carried skills, including the 17 the import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held apply import strategies required
  • required, not held communicate with shipment forwarders required
  • required, not held apply export strategies required
  • required, not held create import-export commercial documentation required
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held monitor merchandise delivery required
  • required, not held file claims with insurance companies required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held handle carriers required
  • required, not held handle quotes from prospective shippers required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administer multi-modal logistics skill
  • already held apply conflict management skill
  • already held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held embargo regulations knowledge
  • already held ensure customs compliance skill
  • already held food hygiene rules knowledge
  • already held general principles of food law knowledge
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held international commercial transactions rules knowledge
  • already held international import export regulations knowledge
  • already held meet deadlines skill
  • already held plan transport operations skill
  • already held protective measures against the introduction of organisms knowledge
  • already held regulations on substances knowledge
  • already held speak different languages skill
  • already held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
63 held skills the import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role abide by business ethical code of conducts 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 animal health rules of distribution of products of animal origin knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply certification and payment procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
  • 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 comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • not needed by the target role computer equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct performance measurement skill
  • not needed by the target role construction products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control trade commercial documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role dairy and edible oil products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role direct distribution operations 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 encourage teambuilding skill
  • not needed by the target role export control principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role export regulations of dual-use goods knowledge
  • 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 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 hides, skins and leather products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role household products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role import export regulations of dangerous chemicals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role industrial tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role live animal products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role machine tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role machinery products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage processes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage tender processes skill

23 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from import export manager

Full index of moves from import export manager

Note

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.