Table 1Transition record

supply chain assistanttomanagement assistant

A supply chain assistant already meets 18% of what the management assistant role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From supply chain assistant

18%

Overlap1

To management assistant

6 Skills carried over

14 Required, not held

78.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.6/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the management assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the supply chain assistant 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 management assistant role treats 4 of its required skills as things a supply chain assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

perform business research
support managers
use office systems
use spreadsheets software

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A management assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a supply chain assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held operations department processes business, administration and law
already held sales department processes business, administration and law
already held perform business research information skills
already held support managers communication, collaboration and creativity
already held use office systems management skills
already held use spreadsheets software working with computers

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the management assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 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 9 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held liaise with board members required
required, not held build business relationships required
required, not held disseminate internal communications required
required, not held draft corporate emails required
required, not held liaise with managers required
required, not held maintain internal communication systems required
required, not held process commissioned instructions required
required, not held use different communication channels required
required, not held write work-related reports required

optional, not held draft press releases optional
optional, not held speak different languages optional
optional, not held translate language concepts optional
optional, not held write meeting reports optional

02 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held coordinate events required
required, not held disseminate messages to people required
required, not held fix meetings required
required, not held perform clerical duties required

optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
optional, not held use free typing techniques optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required, 8 supplementary

required, not held company policies required

optional, not held accounting department processes optional
optional, not held financial department processes optional
optional, not held legal department processes optional
optional, not held marketing department processes optional
optional, not held human resources department processes optional
optional, not held management department processes optional
optional, not held personnel management optional
optional, not held public relations optional

04 information skills 5 supplementary

optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
optional, not held maintain register of shareholders optional
optional, not held maintain statutory books optional
optional, not held revise drafts made by managers optional
optional, not held track key performance indicators optional

05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held assist visitors optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a management assistant 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 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held perform business research skill
already held support managers skill
already held use office systems skill
already held use spreadsheets software skill
already held operations department processes knowledge
already held sales department processes knowledge

21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held accounting department processes optional
optional, not held financial department processes optional
optional, not held legal department processes optional
optional, not held marketing department processes optional
optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
optional, not held assist visitors optional
optional, not held draft press releases optional
optional, not held human resources department processes optional
optional, not held maintain register of shareholders optional
optional, not held maintain statutory books optional
optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
optional, not held management department processes optional
optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
optional, not held personnel management optional
optional, not held public relations optional
optional, not held revise drafts made by managers optional
optional, not held speak different languages optional
optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
optional, not held translate language concepts optional
optional, not held use free typing techniques optional
optional, not held write meeting reports optional

28 held skills the management assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse supply chain strategies skill
not needed by the target role assist in planning production scheduling skill
not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
not needed by the target role carry out inventory control accuracy skill
not needed by the target role coordinate purchasing activities skill
not needed by the target role direct logistical functions skill
not needed by the target role forecast production quantities skill
not needed by the target role handle returns skill
not needed by the target role identify key processes of traceability systems skill
not needed by the target role identify software for warehouse management skill
not needed by the target role international business knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret business information skill
not needed by the target role inventory management rules knowledge
not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
not needed by the target role monitor staff absences skill
not needed by the target role office software knowledge
not needed by the target role organise business documents skill
not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
not needed by the target role prepare purchasing reportings skill
not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
not needed by the target role purchase supplies skill
not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
not needed by the target role receive shipment packaging information skill
not needed by the target role supply chain principles knowledge
not needed by the target role use production planning software skill
not needed by the target role use sales forecasting softwares skill

9 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 company policies required
optional, not held accounting department processes optional
optional, not held financial department processes optional
optional, not held legal department processes optional
optional, not held marketing department processes optional
optional, not held human resources department processes optional
optional, not held management department processes optional
optional, not held personnel management optional
optional, not held public relations optional

Index

Other moves recorded from supply chain assistant

Full index of moves from supply chain assistant

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.