Import export manager to import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery
An 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.
36.5/ 100
1 How much of what an import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery is expected to do is already part of an import export 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 sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role treats 17 of its required skills as things an import export manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An 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 an import export manager background worth leading with.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 3 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 communicate with shipment forwarders required
- still to learn apply export strategies required
- still to learn create import-export commercial documentation required
- still to learn monitor merchandise delivery required
- still to learn file claims with insurance companies required
- still to learn handle carriers required
- still to learn handle quotes from prospective shippers required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an 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.
- 01 apply import strategies practise this
- 02 communicate with shipment forwarders practise this
- 03 handle carriers practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- 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
63 held skills the import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role does not ask for
- 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
Other moves recorded from import export manager
- import export specialist in dairy products and edible oils 69% covered · moderate
- import export specialist in meat and meat products 69% covered · moderate
- import export specialist in fish, crustaceans and molluscs 68% covered · moderate
- import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods 68% covered · moderate
Common questions about this move
Can an import export manager become an import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An import export manager already covers 68% of what an import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 17 of which the import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery role treats as required.
What skills does an import export manager need to become an import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery?
8 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 3 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 import export manager to import export specialist in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery?
Its learning distance is 36.5 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.