Import export specialist in flowers and plants to import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
An import export specialist in flowers and plants already meets 46% of what the import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.5/ 100
1 How much of what an import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices is expected to do is already part of an import export specialist in flowers and plants’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 manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role treats 13 of its required skills as things an import export specialist in flowers and plants already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply conflict management
- build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
- create solutions to problems
- embargo regulations
- ensure customs compliance
- general principles of food law
What stands in the way is 15 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an import export specialist in flowers and plants background worth leading with.
- already held protective measures against the introduction of organisms natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held general principles of food law engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held regulations on substances natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held embargo regulations business, administration and law
- already held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held international import export regulations business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 13 the import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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 produce sales reports required
- still to learn comprehend financial business terminology required
- still to learn maintain financial records required
- still to learn monitor international market performance required
- still to learn perform financial risk management in international trade required
- still to learn direct distribution operations required
- still to learn managing a business with great care required
- still to learn set import export strategies required
- still to learn conduct performance measurement required
- still to learn manage processes required
- still to learn abide by business ethical code of conducts required
- still to learn control trade commercial documentation required
- still to learn export control principles required
- still to learn coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products required
- still to learn food hygiene rules required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 abide by business ethical code of conducts practise this
- 02 coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products study this
- 03 control trade commercial documentation 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 13 skills that carry over
- 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 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 protective measures against the introduction of organisms knowledge
- already held regulations on substances knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
11 held skills the import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer multi-modal logistics skill
- not needed by the target role apply export strategies skill
- not needed by the target role apply import strategies skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with shipment forwarders skill
- not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
- not needed by the target role file claims with insurance companies skill
- not needed by the target role flower and plant products knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle carriers skill
- not needed by the target role handle quotes from prospective shippers skill
- not needed by the target role monitor merchandise delivery skill
- not needed by the target role plan transport operations skill
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 coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products required
- still to learn food hygiene rules required
- still to learn export control principles required
Other moves recorded from import export specialist in flowers and plants
- import export specialist in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft 71% covered · moderate
- import export manager in flowers and plants 52% covered · moderate
- import export manager in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds 48% covered · substantial
- import export manager in fruit and vegetables 46% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from import export specialist in flowers and plants
Common questions about this move
Can an import export specialist in flowers and plants become an import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An import export specialist in flowers and plants already covers 46% of what an import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 13 of which the import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices role treats as required.
What skills does an import export specialist in flowers and plants need to become an import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices?
15 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is abide by business ethical code of conducts.
How hard is the move from import export specialist in flowers and plants to import export manager in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices?
Its learning distance is 58.5 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.