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

brand managertowholesale merchant in clothing and footwear

A brand manager already meets 35% of what the wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From brand manager
35%
Overlap1
To wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
7 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
64 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64/ 100

1 Share of the wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the brand 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.

Why

Why this move works

A wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear role treats 7 of its required skills as things a brand manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • comprehend financial business terminology
  • consumer goods industry
  • have computer literacy
  • identify new business opportunities
  • maintain financial records
  • perform market research

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a brand manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held consumer goods industry business, administration and law
  • already held identify new business opportunities management skills
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology information skills
  • already held sales strategies business, administration and law
  • already held maintain financial records information skills
  • already held perform market research information skills

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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 7 required
  • required, not held identify customer's needs 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
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held negotiate buying conditions required
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held assess supplier risks required
  • required, not held monitor international market performance required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held plan transport operations required
  • required, not held identify suppliers required
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held product comprehension required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held clothing and footwear products required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • already held consumer goods industry knowledge
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held identify new business opportunities skill
  • already held maintain financial records skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held sales strategies knowledge
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
36 held skills the wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear 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 build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out event management skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out naming strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out sales analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role channel marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct search engine optimisation skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate advertising campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role create annual marketing budget skill
  • not needed by the target role create brand guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role define brand identity skill
  • not needed by the target role design brand's online communication plan skill
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute marketing plan 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 international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead the brand strategic planning process skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage brand assets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role organise participation in local or international events skill
  • not needed by the target role perform brand analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform customers’ needs analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
  • not needed by the target role plan marketing campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role plan new packaging designs skill
  • not needed by the target role price product skill
  • not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
  • not needed by the target role select optimal distribution channel skill
  • not needed by the target role services marketing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set brand positioning skill
  • not needed by the target role stimulate creativity in the team skill
2 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 clothing and footwear products required
  • required, not held product comprehension required
Index

Other moves recorded from brand manager

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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.