Product and services manager to network marketer
A product and services manager already meets 20% of what the network marketer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.5/ 100
1 How much of what a network marketer is expected to do is already part of a product and services manager’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 network marketer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A network marketer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a product and services manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advertising techniques
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- product comprehension
What stands in the way is 14 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 network marketer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a product and services manager 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 4 the network marketer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 30 missing skills fall into 6 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 carry out active selling required
- still to learn implement sales strategies required
- still to learn work independently in sales required
- still to learn apply social media marketing required
- still to learn implement marketing strategies required
- still to learn sell products required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
- optional, not held prospect new customers optional
- optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- still to learn network marketing required
- still to learn sales argumentation required
- still to learn marketing mix required
- still to learn marketing principles required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held sales strategies optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
- optional, not held public relations optional
- optional, not held relationship marketing optional
- still to learn apply customer engagement strategy required
- still to learn apply strategic thinking required
- optional, not held identify new business opportunities optional
- still to learn communication required
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a network marketer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 network marketing study this
- 02 carry out active selling practise this
- 03 implement sales strategies 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held advertising techniques knowledge
- already held characteristics of products knowledge
- already held characteristics of services knowledge
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held channel marketing knowledge
- already held content marketing strategy knowledge
- already held services marketing knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held demonstrate products' features optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held prospect new customers optional
- optional, not held sales strategies optional
- optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held identify new business opportunities optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held public relations optional
- optional, not held relationship marketing optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
20 held skills the network marketer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
- not needed by the target role assign codes to product items skill
- not needed by the target role build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds skill
- not needed by the target role commercial photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate price changes skill
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop the product catalogue skill
- not needed by the target role ensure finished product meet requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure products meet regulatory requirements skill
- not needed by the target role handle requests for new product items skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
- not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
- not needed by the target role plan marketing strategy skill
- not needed by the target role post-processing of photographs knowledge
- not needed by the target role printed goods processes knowledge
11 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 network marketing required
- still to learn sales argumentation required
- still to learn communication required
- still to learn marketing mix required
- still to learn marketing principles required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held sales strategies optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
- optional, not held public relations optional
- optional, not held relationship marketing optional
Other moves recorded from product and services manager
Common questions about this move
Can a product and services manager become a network marketer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A product and services manager already covers 20% of what a network marketer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 4 of which the network marketer role treats as required.
What skills does a product and services manager need to become a network marketer?
14 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is network marketing.
How hard is the move from product and services manager to network marketer?
Its learning distance is 77.5 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.