From leather raw materials purchasing manager to leather finishing operations manager
13 of the 28 essential skills of a leather finishing operations manager are already essential for a leather raw materials purchasing manager — about 46% 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.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 15
- would be new
- 46%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a leather finishing operations manager
What a leather finishing operations manager does
Leather finishing operations managers plan and organise the work of the finishing department. They are in charge of chemical supply and equipment management. They also coordinate the staff.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adapt to changing situations
- create solutions to problems
- execute working instructions
- health and safety in the workplace
- identify defects on raw hides
- identify with the company's goals
- manage environmental impact of operations
- manage quality of leather throughout the production process
- manage staff
- monitor operations in the leather industry
- physico-chemical properties of crust leather
- seek innovation in current practices
- use communication techniques
What would be new
15 skillsEssential for a leather finishing operations manager and not for a leather raw materials purchasing manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- characteristics of chemicals used for tanning
- develop manufacturing recipes
- functionalities of machinery
- leather chemistry
- leather finishing technologies
- leather technology
- maintain equipment
- meet deadlines
- prepare colour mixtures
- source colour chemicals
- spray finishing technology
- test chemical auxiliaries
- test leather chemistry
- use IT tools
- work in textile manufacturing teams
Other moves from leather raw materials purchasing manager
2 roles- leather production manager17 skills in common
- leather wet processing department manager15 skills in common
← leather raw materials purchasing managerleather finishing operations manager →The other way round
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How far are you from being a leather finishing operations manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.