Network marketer to commercial director
A network marketer already meets 36% of what the commercial director role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.7/ 100
1 How much of what a commercial director is expected to do is already part of a network marketer’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 commercial director role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A commercial director role treats 6 of its required skills as things a network marketer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- build business relationships
- customer relationship management
- develop professional network
- implement marketing strategies
- product comprehension
- project management
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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A commercial director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a network marketer background worth leading with.
- already held deliver a sales pitch communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held customer relationship management business, administration and law
- already held achieve sales targets communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held implement marketing strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held customer service business, administration and law
- already held project management business, administration and law
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the commercial director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 5 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 align efforts towards business development required
- still to learn integrate new products in manufacturing required
- still to learn manage contracts required
- optional, not held communicate with customer service department optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- still to learn commercial law required
- still to learn risk management required
- optional, not held market pricing optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held pricing strategies optional
- still to learn manage sales channels required
- still to learn use analytics for commercial purposes required
- optional, not held analyse consumer buying trends optional
- optional, not held prepare cost-plus pricing models optional
- still to learn manage sales teams required
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held manage tender processes optional
- optional, not held manage yield optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held use theoretical marketing models optional
- optional, not held e-commerce systems optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a commercial director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage sales teams practise this
- 02 commercial law study this
- 03 manage sales channels 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held customer relationship management knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held project management knowledge
- already held achieve sales targets skill
- already held customer service knowledge
- already held deliver a sales pitch skill
- already held perform market research skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held communicate with customer service department optional
- optional, not held e-commerce systems optional
- optional, not held market pricing optional
- optional, not held analyse consumer buying trends optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held manage tender processes optional
- optional, not held manage yield optional
- optional, not held prepare cost-plus pricing models optional
- optional, not held pricing strategies optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use theoretical marketing models optional
27 held skills the commercial director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply customer engagement strategy skill
- not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role carry out active selling skill
- not needed by the target role channel marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of services knowledge
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role content marketing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate products' features skill
- not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role marketing mix knowledge
- not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role network marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
- not needed by the target role public relations knowledge
- not needed by the target role relationship marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
- not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role sell products skill
- not needed by the target role services marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role work independently in sales skill
6 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 commercial law required
- still to learn risk management required
- optional, not held e-commerce systems optional
- optional, not held market pricing optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held pricing strategies optional
Common questions about this move
Can a network marketer become a commercial director?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A network marketer already covers 36% of what a commercial director is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the commercial director role treats as required.
What skills does a network marketer need to become a commercial director?
8 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is manage sales teams.
How hard is the move from network marketer to commercial director?
Its learning distance is 61.7 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.