forwarding managertointernational forwarding operations coordinator
A forwarding manager already meets 61% of what the international forwarding operations coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the international forwarding operations coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forwarding 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 this move works
A international forwarding operations coordinator role treats 11 of its required skills as things a forwarding manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
- assess carriers
- control trade commercial documentation
- coordinate export transportation activities
- coordinate import transportation activities
What stands in the way is 6 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A international forwarding operations coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a forwarding manager background worth leading with.
- already held assess carriers management skills
- already held foster relationships with various types of carrier communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage carriers management skills
- already held liaise with transportation services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations assisting and caring
- already held coordinate export transportation activities management skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 11 the international forwarding operations coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 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.
- required, not held write routine reports required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- required, not held perform ICT troubleshooting required
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- required, not held respond to requests for logistics services from all over the world required
- required, not held international business required
- required, not held manage import export licenses required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a international forwarding operations coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 respond to requests for logistics services from all over the world skill · occupation specific
- 02 manage import export licenses skill · sector specific
- 03 international business knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations skill
- already held assess carriers skill
- already held control trade commercial documentation skill
- already held coordinate export transportation activities skill
- already held coordinate import transportation activities skill
- already held foster relationships with various types of carrier skill
- already held liaise with transportation services skill
- already held manage carriers skill
- already held set import export strategies skill
- already held work in a logistics team skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
36 held skills the international forwarding operations coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
- not needed by the target role administer multi-modal logistics skill
- not needed by the target role analyse shipping rates skill
- not needed by the target role analyse supply chain trends skill
- not needed by the target role book cargo skill
- not needed by the target role communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with shipment forwarders skill
- not needed by the target role create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement skill
- not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
- not needed by the target role develop efficiency plans for logistics operations skill
- not needed by the target role develop transportation cost metrics skill
- not needed by the target role ensure legal accreditation for forwarding agent operations skill
- not needed by the target role freight transport methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle shipment paperwork skill
- not needed by the target role implement cost-effective cargo handling strategies on ships skill
- not needed by the target role implement short term objectives skill
- not needed by the target role inspect carrier documents skill
- not needed by the target role keep up-to-date to current customs regulations skill
- not needed by the target role make bids in forward auctions skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage freight payment methods skill
- not needed by the target role manage medium term objectives skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate logistics services skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate service with providers skill
- not needed by the target role non vessel operating common carrier regulations skill
- not needed by the target role oversee cargo storage requirements skill
- not needed by the target role oversee shipment routing skill
- not needed by the target role plan medium to long term objectives skill
- not needed by the target role plan transport operations skill
- not needed by the target role prepare bills of lading skill
- not needed by the target role prepare documentation for international shipping skill
- not needed by the target role principles of cargo stowage knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide advice to clients in terms of export restrictions skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions skill
- not needed by the target role supply chain management knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held international business required
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.