From footwear product development manager to leather goods product development manager
16 of the 24 essential skills of a leather goods product development manager are already essential for a footwear product development manager — about 67% 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
- 8
- would be new
- 67%
- of the target job covered
- 24
- essential skills of a leather goods product development manager
What a leather goods product development manager does
Leather goods product development managers coordinate the leather goods design and product development process in order to comply with marketing specifications, deadlines, strategic requirements and policies of the company. They communicate and collaborate with other cross functional teams or professionals involved in leather goods production, such as logistics and marketing, costing, planning, production and quality assurance. They are responsible for the leather goods product collections development which involve activities, such as tracking style development and reviewing design specification in order to meet the design vision. They are also responsible for the manufacturing environment and the rent-ability of the companies.
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
8 skillsEssential for a leather goods product development manager and not for a footwear 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 footwear product development manager
2 roles- footwear product developer25 skills in common
- footwear designer20 skills in common
← footwear product development managerleather goods product development manager →The other way round
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How far are you from being a leather goods product development manager?
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