Motor vehicles parts advisor to sales engineer
A motor vehicles parts advisor already meets 19% of what the sales engineer role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.
82.1/ 100
1 How much of what a sales engineer is expected to do is already part of a motor vehicles parts advisor’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 sales engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A sales engineer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a motor vehicles parts advisor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- maintain customer records
- maintain parts inventory
- provide customer follow-up services
- purchase vehicle parts
What stands in the way is 19 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sales engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a motor vehicles parts advisor background worth leading with.
- already held maintain parts inventory information skills
- already held purchase vehicle parts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held parts pricing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held inventory management rules business, administration and law
- already held e-procurement business, administration and law
- already held maintain customer records information skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the sales engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 33 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 implement sales strategies required
- still to learn negotiate sales contracts required
- still to learn prospect new customers required
- still to learn provide customer information related to repairs required
- still to learn achieve sales targets required
- still to learn advise customers on motor vehicles required
- still to learn build business relationships required
- still to learn ensure compliance with warranty contracts required
- still to learn implement marketing strategies required
- optional, not held purchase automotive equipment optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
- optional, not held think proactively optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- still to learn check finished vehicles for quality control required
- still to learn issue sales quotations for repairs or maintenance required
- still to learn calculate costs of repair operations required
- still to learn keep up-to-date on manufacturer's policies required
- still to learn maintain vehicle records required
- optional, not held interpret electrical diagrams optional
- optional, not held perform road testing of vehicles optional
- still to learn coordinate automotive repair and maintenance service required
- still to learn manage vehicle services' financial resources required
- still to learn apply territory planning required
- optional, not held organise storage facilities optional
- still to learn consumer protection required
- optional, not held car controls optional
- still to learn apply health and safety standards required
- optional, not held capital goods industry optional
- optional, not held supply chain principles optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sales engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check finished vehicles for quality control practise this
- 02 coordinate automotive repair and maintenance service practise this
- 03 issue sales quotations for repairs or maintenance 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held maintain customer records skill
- already held maintain parts inventory skill
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held purchase vehicle parts skill
- already held e-procurement knowledge
- already held electrical wiring plans knowledge
- already held inventory management rules knowledge
- already held parts pricing knowledge
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held carry out repair of vehicles optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held types of vehicles optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held purchase automotive equipment optional
- optional, not held capital goods industry optional
- optional, not held car controls optional
- optional, not held carry out repair of vehicles optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held interpret electrical diagrams optional
- optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
- optional, not held organise storage facilities optional
- optional, not held perform road testing of vehicles optional
- optional, not held supply chain principles optional
- optional, not held think proactively optional
- optional, not held types of vehicles optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
27 held skills the sales engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse supplier's information on vehicle parts skill
- not needed by the target role carry out shipping orders for parts skill
- not needed by the target role check vehicle parts on delivery skill
- not needed by the target role conduct evaluation of quality standards skill
- not needed by the target role ensure parts packaging skill
- not needed by the target role export control principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role gather information to substitute parts skill
- not needed by the target role identify parts requested by customers skill
- not needed by the target role identify vehicles service requirements skill
- not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
- not needed by the target role load products for dispatch skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturer's recommended price knowledge
- not needed by the target role motor vehicle parts drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role new vehicles on the market knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role organise vehicle parts storage skill
- not needed by the target role prepare shipments in time skill
- not needed by the target role process data skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role sell vehicle parts skill
- not needed by the target role supply chain management knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of vehicle engines knowledge
- not needed by the target role use customer relationship management software skill
- not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
5 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 consumer protection required
- optional, not held capital goods industry optional
- optional, not held car controls optional
- optional, not held supply chain principles optional
- optional, not held types of vehicles optional
Other moves recorded from motor vehicles parts advisor
Common questions about this move
Can a motor vehicles parts advisor become a sales engineer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A motor vehicles parts advisor already covers 19% of what a sales engineer is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the sales engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a motor vehicles parts advisor need to become a sales engineer?
19 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is check finished vehicles for quality control.
How hard is the move from motor vehicles parts advisor to sales engineer?
Its learning distance is 82.1 out of 100, which is the career change 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.