Network marketer to product and services manager
A network marketer already meets 32% of what the product and services manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
67/ 100
1 How much of what a product and services manager 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 product and services manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A product and services manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a network marketer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advertising techniques
- channel marketing
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- content marketing strategy
- product comprehension
What stands in the way is 12 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A product and services manager 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 services marketing business, administration and law
- already held channel marketing business, administration and law
- already held content marketing strategy business, administration and law
- already held advertising techniques business, administration and law
- already held characteristics of services business, administration and law
- already held characteristics of products engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the product and services manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 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 apply business acumen required
- still to learn ensure finished product meet requirements required
- still to learn meet deadlines required
- still to learn plan marketing strategy required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
- still to learn handle requests for new product items required
- still to learn develop the product catalogue required
- still to learn maintain relationship with suppliers required
- optional, not held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds optional
- optional, not held communicate price changes optional
- still to learn have computer literacy required
- still to learn perform data analysis required
- still to learn company policies required
- optional, not held printed goods processes optional
- still to learn ensure products meet regulatory requirements required
- still to learn assign codes to product items required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a product and services manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assign codes to product items practise this
- 02 handle requests for new product items practise this
- 03 company policies 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held advertising techniques knowledge
- already held channel marketing knowledge
- already held characteristics of products knowledge
- already held characteristics of services knowledge
- already held content marketing strategy knowledge
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held services marketing knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held commercial photography optional
- optional, not held post-processing of photographs optional
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds optional
- optional, not held communicate price changes optional
- optional, not held commercial photography optional
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
- optional, not held post-processing of photographs optional
- optional, not held printed goods processes optional
30 held skills the product and services manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role achieve sales targets skill
- 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 build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role carry out active selling skill
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate products' features skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies 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 perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role project management 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 use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role work independently in sales skill
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 company policies required
- optional, not held commercial photography optional
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
- optional, not held post-processing of photographs optional
- optional, not held printed goods processes optional
Common questions about this move
Can a network marketer become a product and services manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A network marketer already covers 32% of what a product and services manager is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the product and services manager role treats as required.
What skills does a network marketer need to become a product and services manager?
12 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is assign codes to product items.
How hard is the move from network marketer to product and services manager?
Its learning distance is 67 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.