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

wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and suppliestotrade regional manager

A wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies already meets 20% of what the trade regional manager role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
20%
Overlap1
To trade regional manager
7 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
81.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance A rebuild

81.9/ 100

1 Share of the trade regional manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies 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 trade regional manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • comprehend financial business terminology
  • identify suppliers
  • maintain financial records
  • negotiate buying conditions
  • negotiate sales contracts
  • perform market research

What stands in the way is 21 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 trade regional manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held identify suppliers management skills
  • already held comprehend financial business terminology information skills
  • already held negotiate buying conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain financial records information skills
  • already held negotiate sales contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform market research information skills

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the trade regional manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 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 management skills 6 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held enforce company values required
  • required, not held expand store regional presence required
  • required, not held apply territory planning required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held monitor customer service required
  • required, not held perform project management required
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
  • optional, not held motivate staff to reach sales targets optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
02 information skills 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse data for policy decisions in trade required
  • required, not held carry out sales analysis required
  • required, not held handle financial overviews of the store required
  • required, not held set up pricing strategies required
  • required, not held carry out statistical forecasts required
  • required, not held study sales levels of products required
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held implement sales strategies required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with suppliers required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held implement marketing strategies required
  • optional, not held organise product display optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
04 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use IT systems for commercial purposes required
  • required, not held perform data analysis required
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held employment law required
  • optional, not held cold chain optional
  • optional, not held consumer goods industry optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations required
  • optional, not held ensure stock storage safety optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a trade regional 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 comprehend financial business terminology skill
  • already held identify suppliers skill
  • already held maintain financial records skill
  • already held negotiate buying conditions skill
  • already held negotiate sales contracts skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held product comprehension knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held general principles of food law optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geographical routes optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held cold chain optional
  • optional, not held ensure stock storage safety optional
  • optional, not held general principles of food law optional
  • optional, not held organise product display optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held consumer goods industry optional
  • optional, not held geographical routes optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held measure customer feedback optional
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
  • optional, not held motivate staff to reach sales targets optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
13 held skills the trade regional manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role hardware, plumbing and heating equipment products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
  • not needed by the target role initiate contact with buyers skill
  • not needed by the target role initiate contact with sellers skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor international market performance skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate sale of commodities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan transport operations skill
  • not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role vertical markets knowledge
6 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 employment law required
  • optional, not held cold chain optional
  • optional, not held general principles of food law optional
  • optional, not held consumer goods industry optional
  • optional, not held geographical routes optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
Index
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.