inventory coordinatortowarehouse order picker
A inventory coordinator already meets 16% of what the warehouse order picker role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
16%
83.3/ 100
1 Share of the warehouse order picker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the inventory coordinator 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 this move works
A warehouse order picker role treats 4 of its required skills as things a inventory coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- maintain stock control systems
- manage warehouse inventory
- operate warehouse record systems
- stack goods
What stands in the way is 21 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A warehouse order picker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a inventory coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held operate warehouse record systems information skills
- already held maintain stock control systems handling and moving
- already held manage warehouse inventory management skills
- already held warehouse operations business, administration and law
- already held stack goods handling and moving
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the warehouse order picker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 10 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.
- required, not held check shipments required
- required, not held operate voice picking systems required
- required, not held pick orders for dispatching required
- required, not held store warehouse goods required
- required, not held use packaging equipment required
- required, not held use warehouse marking tools required
- required, not held lift heavy weights required
- required, not held operate chainsaw required
- required, not held secure goods required
- optional, not held identify damaged goods before shipment optional
- optional, not held manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- required, not held maintain physical condition of warehouse required
- required, not held follow written instructions required
- required, not held process orders from online shop required
- required, not held weigh shipments required
- required, not held ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space required
- required, not held process customer orders required
- required, not held safety regulations for warehouses required
- required, not held types of packaging used in industrial shipments required
- required, not held comply with checklists required
- optional, not held deliver outstanding service optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a warehouse order picker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain material handling equipment skill · occupation specific
- 02 check shipments skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure efficient utilisation of warehouse space skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held maintain stock control systems skill
- already held manage warehouse inventory skill
- already held operate warehouse record systems skill
- already held stack goods skill
- already held warehouse operations knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held maintain material handling equipment required
- required, not held maintain warehouse database required
- required, not held operate material handling equipment required
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held identify damaged goods before shipment optional
- optional, not held manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities optional
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
- optional, not held assemble goods optional
- optional, not held deliver outstanding service optional
18 held skills the warehouse order picker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
- not needed by the target role carry out inventory control accuracy skill
- not needed by the target role carry out inventory planning skill
- not needed by the target role check for damaged items skill
- not needed by the target role develop communication networks with shipping sites skill
- not needed by the target role ensure stock storage safety skill
- not needed by the target role handle returns skill
- not needed by the target role inventory management rules knowledge
- not needed by the target role issue purchase orders skill
- not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role oversee stock quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role products coding system knowledge
- not needed by the target role receive goods skill
- not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software 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.
- required, not held safety regulations for warehouses required
- required, not held types of packaging used in industrial shipments required
- optional, not held warehousing regulations optional
Other moves recorded from inventory coordinator
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.