Leather goods product developer to leather goods product development manager
A leather goods product developer already meets 67% of what the leather goods product development manager role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
38.4/ 100
1 How much of what a leather goods product development manager is expected to do is already part of a leather goods product developer’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 leather goods product development manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A leather goods product development manager role treats 19 of its required skills as things a leather goods product developer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply development process to footwear design
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
- develop leather goods collection
- distinguish accessories
What stands in the way is 5 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather goods product development manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods product developer background worth leading with.
- already held develop leather goods collection communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held sketch leather goods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held footwear and leather goods marketing planning business, administration and law
- already held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans management skills
- already held implement footwear marketing plan communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepare leather goods samples information skills
All 21 carried skills, including the 19 the leather goods product development manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 8 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 plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held manage footwear quality systems optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- still to learn work in textile manufacturing teams required
- optional, not held develop manufacturing recipes optional
- optional, not held differentiate nuance of colours optional
- optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
- optional, not held purchase raw material supplies optional
- still to learn monitor operations in the leather industry required
- optional, not held test chemical auxiliaries optional
- still to learn health and safety in the workplace required
- optional, not held leather physical testing optional
- optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
- optional, not held functionalities of machinery optional
- optional, not held manage environmental impact of operations optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a leather goods product development manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods practise this
- 02 work in textile manufacturing teams practise this
- 03 health and safety in the workplace 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 21 skills that carry over
- already held apply development process to footwear design skill
- already held apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods skill
- already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
- already held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans skill
- already held develop leather goods collection skill
- already held distinguish accessories skill
- already held distinguish fabrics skill
- already held footwear and leather goods marketing planning knowledge
- already held footwear creation process knowledge
- already held implement footwear marketing plan skill
- already held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
- already held leather goods components knowledge
- already held leather goods manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held leather goods materials knowledge
- already held leather goods quality knowledge
- already held prepare leather goods samples skill
- already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
- already held use IT tools skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
- already held sketch leather goods skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held prepare colour mixtures optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held leather physical testing optional
- optional, not held manage footwear quality systems optional
- optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
- optional, not held develop manufacturing recipes optional
- optional, not held differentiate nuance of colours optional
- optional, not held functionalities of machinery optional
- optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held manage environmental impact of operations optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held prepare colour mixtures optional
- optional, not held purchase raw material supplies optional
- optional, not held test chemical auxiliaries optional
0 held skills the leather goods product development manager role does not ask for
4 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 health and safety in the workplace required
- optional, not held leather physical testing optional
- optional, not held test leather chemistry optional
- optional, not held functionalities of machinery optional
Other moves recorded from leather goods product developer
Common questions about this move
Can a leather goods product developer become a leather goods product development manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A leather goods product developer already covers 67% of what a leather goods product development manager is expected to do: 21 skills carry over, 19 of which the leather goods product development manager role treats as required.
What skills does a leather goods product developer need to become a leather goods product development manager?
5 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods.
How hard is the move from leather goods product developer to leather goods product development manager?
Its learning distance is 38.4 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.