Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

online sales channel managertowholesale merchant in flowers and plants

A online sales channel manager already meets 21% of what the wholesale merchant in flowers and plants role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From online sales channel manager
21%
Overlap1
To wholesale merchant in flowers and plants
4 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
74.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 74.1

This move: 74.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the wholesale merchant in flowers and plants role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the online sales channel manager 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wholesale merchant in flowers and plants role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a online sales channel manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held negotiate buying conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform market research information skills
  • already held build business relationships communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held identify customer's needs communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the wholesale merchant in flowers and plants role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held initiate contact with buyers required
  • required, not held initiate contact with sellers required
  • required, not held negotiate sale of commodities required
  • required, not held negotiate sales contracts required
02 information skills 4 required
  • required, not held assess supplier risks required
  • required, not held comprehend financial business terminology required
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
  • required, not held monitor international market performance required
03 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held plan transport operations required
  • required, not held identify new business opportunities required
  • required, not held identify suppliers required
04 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held product comprehension required
  • required, not held sales strategies required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held flower and plant products required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a wholesale merchant in flowers and plants role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held negotiate buying conditions skill
  • already held perform market research skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
26 held skills the wholesale merchant in flowers and plants role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 strategic research skill
  • not needed by the target role channel marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct online competitive analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role creatively use digital technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop inclusive communication material skill
  • not needed by the target role develop online sales business plan skill
  • not needed by the target role e-commerce systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role e-procurement knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronic business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage processes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor online competitors skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate terms with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role plan social media marketing campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role protect personal data and privacy skill
  • not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
  • not needed by the target role use customer relationship management software skill
  • not needed by the target role use e-services skill
  • not needed by the target role web strategy assessment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held flower and plant products required
  • required, not held product comprehension required
  • required, not held sales strategies required
Index
Note

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.