Table 1Transition record

import export managertoimport export specialist in pharmaceutical goods

A import export manager already meets 68% of what the import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From import export manager

68%

Overlap1

To import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods

17 Skills carried over

8 Required, not held

36.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Strong match

68%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

36.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the import export 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 import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods role treats 17 of its required skills as things a import export manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

administer multi-modal logistics
apply conflict management
build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
create solutions to problems
embargo regulations
ensure customs compliance

What stands in the way is 8 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a import export manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held pharmaceutical products health and welfare
already held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals business, administration and law
already held food hygiene rules services
already held administer multi-modal logistics management skills
already held regulations on substances natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held international business business, administration and law

All 17 carried skills, including the 17 the import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 3 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 apply import strategies required
required, not held communicate with shipment forwarders required
required, not held apply export strategies required
required, not held create import-export commercial documentation required

02 information skills 2 required

required, not held monitor merchandise delivery required
required, not held file claims with insurance companies required

03 management skills 2 required

required, not held handle carriers required
required, not held handle quotes from prospective shippers required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods 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 17 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held administer multi-modal logistics skill
already held apply conflict management skill
already held build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds skill
already held create solutions to problems skill
already held embargo regulations knowledge
already held ensure customs compliance skill
already held food hygiene rules knowledge
already held have computer literacy skill
already held import export regulations of dangerous chemicals knowledge
already held international business knowledge
already held international commercial transactions rules knowledge
already held international import export regulations knowledge
already held meet deadlines skill
already held pharmaceutical products knowledge
already held plan transport operations skill
already held regulations on substances knowledge
already held speak different languages skill

0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

63 held skills the import export specialist in pharmaceutical goods role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role abide by business ethical code of conducts skill
not needed by the target role agricultural equipment knowledge
not needed by the target role agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feed products knowledge
not needed by the target role animal health rules of distribution of products of animal origin knowledge
not needed by the target role apply certification and payment procedures skill
not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
not needed by the target role clothing and footwear products knowledge
not needed by the target role coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products knowledge
not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
not needed by the target role computer equipment knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct performance measurement skill
not needed by the target role construction products knowledge
not needed by the target role control trade commercial documentation skill
not needed by the target role dairy and edible oil products knowledge
not needed by the target role direct distribution operations skill
not needed by the target role electrical household appliances products knowledge
not needed by the target role electronic and telecommunication equipment knowledge
not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
not needed by the target role encourage teambuilding skill
not needed by the target role export control principles knowledge
not needed by the target role export regulations of dual-use goods knowledge
not needed by the target role fish, crustacean and mollusc products knowledge
not needed by the target role flower and plant products knowledge
not needed by the target role fruit and vegetable products knowledge
not needed by the target role furniture, carpet and lighting equipment products knowledge
not needed by the target role general principles of food law knowledge
not needed by the target role glassware products knowledge
not needed by the target role hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products knowledge
not needed by the target role hides, skins and leather products knowledge
not needed by the target role household products knowledge
not needed by the target role industrial tools knowledge
not needed by the target role live animal products knowledge
not needed by the target role machine tools knowledge
not needed by the target role machinery products knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
not needed by the target role manage processes skill
not needed by the target role manage tender processes skill
not needed by the target role managing a business with great care skill

23 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from import export manager

Full index of moves from import export 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.