trade regional managertotoys and games shop manager
A trade regional manager already meets 45% of what the toys and games shop manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
59.2/ 100
1 Share of the toys and games shop manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the trade regional 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 toys and games shop manager role treats 13 of its required skills as things a trade regional manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- employment law
- ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage budgets
- manage staff
What stands in the way is 16 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A toys and games shop manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a trade regional manager background worth leading with.
- already held set up pricing strategies information skills
- already held ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations assisting and caring
- already held monitor customer service management skills
- already held study sales levels of products information skills
- already held measure customer feedback information skills
- already held employment law business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 13 the toys and games shop manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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 supervise merchandise displays required
- required, not held ensure client orientation required
- required, not held maximise sales revenues required
- required, not held order supplies required
- required, not held perform procurement processes required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held apply health and safety standards required
- required, not held manage theft prevention required
- required, not held obtain relevant licenses required
- required, not held sales activities required
- required, not held toys and games industry required
- required, not held oversee promotional sales prices required
- required, not held set sales goals required
- required, not held ensure correct goods labelling required
- required, not held toys and games safety recommendations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a toys and games shop manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure correct goods labelling skill · sector specific
- 02 oversee promotional sales prices skill · sector specific
- 03 sales activities knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations skill
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held measure customer feedback skill
- already held monitor customer service skill
- already held negotiate buying conditions skill
- already held negotiate sales contracts skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held set up pricing strategies skill
- already held study sales levels of products skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
29 held skills the toys and games shop manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse data for policy decisions in trade skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role apply territory planning skill
- not needed by the target role carry out sales analysis skill
- not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
- not needed by the target role cold chain knowledge
- not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
- not needed by the target role consumer goods industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role enforce company values skill
- not needed by the target role ensure stock storage safety skill
- not needed by the target role expand store regional presence skill
- not needed by the target role general principles of food law knowledge
- not needed by the target role geographical routes knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle financial overviews of the store skill
- not needed by the target role identify suppliers 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 maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role motivate staff to reach sales targets skill
- not needed by the target role organise product display skill
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
- not needed by the target role use IT systems for commercial purposes skill
3 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 sales activities required
- required, not held toys and games industry required
- required, not held toys and games safety recommendations 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.