4.9 KiB
4.9 KiB
Competences — leather goods product development manager
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ada3fc30-c205-4279-90b8-ed5c7c467626).
Essential
- apply development process to footwear design (skill/competence)
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods (skill/competence)
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages (skill/competence)
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans (skill/competence)
- develop leather goods collection (skill/competence)
- distinguish accessories (skill/competence)
- distinguish fabrics (skill/competence)
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning (knowledge)
- footwear creation process (knowledge)
- health and safety in the workplace (knowledge)
- implement footwear marketing plan (skill/competence)
- innovate in footwear and leather goods industry (skill/competence)
- leather goods components (knowledge)
- leather goods manufacturing processes (knowledge)
- leather goods materials (knowledge)
- leather goods quality (knowledge)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- monitor operations in the leather industry (skill/competence)
- plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods (skill/competence)
- prepare leather goods samples (skill/competence)
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing (skill/competence)
- use communication techniques (skill/competence)
- use IT tools (skill/competence)
- work in textile manufacturing teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- develop manufacturing recipes (skill/competence)
- differentiate nuance of colours (skill/competence)
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design (knowledge)
- functionalities of machinery (knowledge)
- leather physical testing (knowledge)
- liaise with colleagues (skill/competence)
- maintain equipment (skill/competence)
- manage environmental impact of operations (skill/competence)
- manage footwear quality systems (skill/competence)
- manage supplies (skill/competence)
- prepare colour mixtures (skill/competence)
- purchase raw material supplies (skill/competence)
- sketch leather goods (skill/competence)
- test chemical auxiliaries (skill/competence)
- test leather chemistry (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 5 ads, as of 2026-07-15)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- product development — 80 %
- quality control — 40 %
- costing analysis — 40 %
- cost analysis — 20 %
- cross-functional team leadership — 20 %
- data analysis — 20 %
- analytical skills — 20 %
- bill of materials management — 20 %
- budget management — 20 %
- compliance verification — 20 %
- fabric sourcing — 20 %
- garment construction — 20 %
- innovation driving — 20 %
- kpi monitoring — 20 %
- margin management — 20 %
- material sourcing — 20 %
- pattern making — 20 %
- prototype review — 20 %
- production management — 20 %
- project management — 20 %
- problem solving — 20 %
- process optimization — 20 %
- sample management — 20 %
- spec review — 20 %
- tech pack creation — 20 %
- technical datasheet creation — 20 %
- trim selection — 20 %
- vendor negotiation — 20 %
- wash development — 20 %
Methods
- retail math — 20 %
- inline quality control — 20 %
- product lifecycle management — 20 %
- margin analysis — 20 %
- continuous improvement — 20 %
- 100% QC inspections — 20 %
Responsibilities
- collection creation — 20 %
- data maintenance — 20 %
- delivery schedule collaboration — 20 %
- design support — 20 %
- development process leadership — 20 %
- cost estimation — 20 %
- cost optimization — 20 %
- costing management — 20 %
- costing process management — 20 %
- material research — 20 %
- handover between teams — 20 %
- initiative leading — 20 %
- fit assessment — 20 %
- model fine-tuning — 20 %
- new product creation — 20 %
- product development — 20 %
- product functionality validation — 20 %
- product launch — 20 %
- proto comment monitoring — 20 %
- proto development — 20 %
- production order placement — 20 %
- quality assurance — 20 %
- report presentation — 20 %
- vendor communication — 20 %
- vendor follow-up — 20 %
- technical review conduction — 20 %
- timeline tracking — 20 %
- supplier communication — 20 %
- supplier interfacing — 20 %
- team guidance — 20 %
- sample tracking — 20 %
- seasonal board maintenance — 20 %
- spec creation — 20 %