From leather goods production manager to leather goods product developer
12 of the 21 essential skills of a leather goods product developer are already essential for a leather goods production manager — about 57% 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.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 57%
- of the target job covered
- 21
- essential skills of a leather goods product developer
What a leather goods product developer does
Leather goods product developers perform and interface between design and actual production. They analyse and study designer’s specifications and transform them into technical requirements, updating concepts to manufacturing lines, selecting or even designing components and selecting materials. Leather goods product developers also perform the pattern engineering, namely they make patterns manually and produce technical drawings for various range of tools, especially cutting. They evaluate prototypes, performing required tests for samples and confirming the customer’s quality requirements and pricing constrains.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- innovate in footwear and leather goods industry
- leather goods components
- leather goods manufacturing processes
- leather goods materials
- leather goods quality
- prepare leather goods samples
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- use communication techniques
- use IT tools
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a leather goods product developer and not for a leather goods production manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply development process to footwear design
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
- develop leather goods collection
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning
- footwear creation process
- implement footwear marketing plan
- sketch leather goods
Other moves from leather goods production manager
2 roles- leather goods product development manager14 skills in common
- leather goods manufacturing technician12 skills in common
← leather goods production managerleather goods product developer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a leather goods product developer?
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