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2.3 KiB

Competences — leather goods industrial engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/91d0f74b-8612-49cc-a7da-83ee3c4b94d9).

Essential

  • apply methods for footwear and leather goods manufacturing (skill/competence)
  • calculate the productivity of the production of footwear and leather goods (skill/competence)
  • communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages (skill/competence)
  • leather goods components (knowledge)
  • leather goods manufacturing processes (knowledge)
  • leather goods materials (knowledge)
  • leather goods quality (knowledge)
  • measure working time in goods production (skill/competence)
  • plan leather goods manufacture (skill/competence)
  • reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing (skill/competence)
  • use communication techniques (skill/competence)
  • use IT tools (skill/competence)

Optional

  • determine leather goods warehouse layout (skill/competence)
  • innovate in footwear and leather goods industry (skill/competence)
  • plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 14 ads, as of 2026-07-15)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • process improvement — 43 %
  • root cause analysis — 43 %
  • troubleshooting — 21 %
  • data analysis — 21 %
  • cost reduction — 14 %
  • continuous improvement — 14 %
  • equipment maintenance — 14 %
  • facility layout — 14 %
  • lean manufacturing — 14 %
  • manufacturing process development — 14 %
  • problem solving — 14 %
  • process development — 14 %
  • data acquisition — 14 %
  • statistical analysis — 14 %
  • process optimization — 14 %
  • project management — 14 %

Methods

  • Six Sigma — 29 %
  • lean manufacturing — 29 %
  • continuous improvement — 21 %
  • 5S methodology — 14 %
  • gd&t — 14 %
  • SMART manufacturing — 14 %
  • standard work — 14 %

Responsibilities

  • process improvement — 14 %
  • tooling design — 14 %
  • cost reduction — 14 %
  • cross-functional collaboration — 14 %
  • equipment evaluation — 14 %