From leather goods product development manager to footwear product development manager
16 of the 27 essential skills of a footwear product development manager are already essential for a leather goods product development manager — about 59% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 11
- would be new
- 59%
- of the target job covered
- 27
- essential skills of a footwear product development manager
What a footwear product development manager does
Footwear product development managers coordinate the footwear design and the product and collection development process in order to comply with design specifications, deadlines, strategic requirements and policies of the company. They track style development and review design specifications in order to meet the design vision, the manufacturing environment, and the company’s financial goals.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply development process to footwear design
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning
- footwear creation process
- health and safety in the workplace
- implement footwear marketing plan
- innovate in footwear and leather goods industry
- plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- use communication techniques
- use IT tools
- work in textile manufacturing teams
What would be new
11 skillsEssential for a footwear product development manager and not for a leather goods product development manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from leather goods product development manager
2 roles- leather goods product developer19 skills in common
- leather goods designer15 skills in common
← leather goods product development managerfootwear product development manager →The other way round
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How far are you from being a footwear product development manager?
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