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

department store managertoproduct and services manager

A department store manager already meets 29% of what the product and services manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From department store manager
29%
Overlap1
To product and services manager
7 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
69.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.3/ 100

1 Share of the product and services manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the department store 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 product and services manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a department store manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • characteristics of products
  • characteristics of services
  • company policies
  • have computer literacy
  • plan marketing strategy
  • product comprehension

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 product and services manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a department store manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held plan marketing strategy management skills
  • already held characteristics of services business, administration and law
  • already held characteristics of products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held company policies business, administration and law
  • already held product comprehension business, administration and law
  • already held have computer literacy working with computers

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the product and services manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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 business, administration and law 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held services marketing required
  • required, not held advertising techniques required
  • required, not held channel marketing required
  • required, not held content marketing strategy required
  • optional, not held printed goods processes optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held handle requests for new product items required
  • required, not held develop the product catalogue required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with suppliers required
  • optional, not held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds optional
  • optional, not held communicate price changes optional
03 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply business acumen required
  • required, not held ensure finished product meet requirements required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure products meet regulatory requirements required
05 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held assign codes to product items required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held perform data analysis required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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 characteristics of products knowledge
  • already held characteristics of services knowledge
  • already held company policies knowledge
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held plan marketing strategy skill
  • already held product comprehension knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held commercial photography optional
  • optional, not held post-processing of photographs optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held consumer protection optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 plan digital marketing optional
  • optional, not held post-processing of photographs optional
  • optional, not held printed goods processes optional
21 held skills the product and services manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role coach team on visual merchandising skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role define brand identity skill
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • 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 manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the store image skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor proper product handling skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor shelves loading 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 provide customer follow-up services skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role set sales promotions skill
  • not needed by the target role set up pricing strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise brand management skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
8 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 services marketing required
  • required, not held advertising techniques required
  • required, not held channel marketing required
  • required, not held content marketing strategy 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
Index

Other moves recorded from department store manager

Full index of moves from department store manager

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.