5.2 KiB
5.2 KiB
Competences — supply chain manager
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/aacc3918-b5d3-484b-9480-5d29aa550d74).
Essential
- analyse business plans (skill/competence)
- analyse logistic changes (skill/competence)
- analyse supply chain strategies (skill/competence)
- analyse supply chain trends (skill/competence)
- assess supplier risks (skill/competence)
- corporate social responsibility (knowledge)
- estimate costs of required supplies (skill/competence)
- follow company standards (skill/competence)
- identify key processes of traceability systems (skill/competence)
- identify software for warehouse management (skill/competence)
- implement a management system (skill/competence)
- liaise with managers (skill/competence)
- maintain relationship with customers (skill/competence)
- maintain relationship with suppliers (skill/competence)
- manage inventory (skill/competence)
- manage supplies (skill/competence)
- order supplies (skill/competence)
- product data management (knowledge)
- product life-cycle (knowledge)
- strive for company growth (skill/competence)
- supplier management (knowledge)
- supply chain management (knowledge)
- supply chain principles (knowledge)
Optional
- accurately estimate work hours (skill/competence)
- advise on risk management (skill/competence)
- advise on sustainable management policies (skill/competence)
- analyse consumer buying trends (skill/competence)
- analyse economic trends (skill/competence)
- analyse logistic needs (skill/competence)
- analyse market financial trends (skill/competence)
- apply change management (skill/competence)
- apply for government funding (skill/competence)
- assess financial viability (skill/competence)
- assist in planning production scheduling (skill/competence)
- attend trade fairs (skill/competence)
- business strategy concepts (knowledge)
- calculate purchasing levels of raw materials (skill/competence)
- carry out statistical forecasts (skill/competence)
- carry out tendering (skill/competence)
- conflict management (knowledge)
- control financial resources (skill/competence)
- control trade commercial documentation (skill/competence)
- coordinate purchasing activities (skill/competence)
- develop professional network (skill/competence)
- direct logistical functions (skill/competence)
- economics (knowledge)
- ensure cross-department cooperation (skill/competence)
- ensure equipment availability (skill/competence)
- estimate duration of work (skill/competence)
- estimate profitability (skill/competence)
- financial forecasting (knowledge)
- forecast dividend trends (skill/competence)
- forecast economic trends (skill/competence)
- forecast future levels of business (skill/competence)
- forecast production quantities (skill/competence)
- forecast products' demand (skill/competence)
- forecast sales over periods of time (skill/competence)
- forecast workload (skill/competence)
- geographical routes (knowledge)
- human resource management (knowledge)
- identify suppliers (skill/competence)
- international business (knowledge)
- issue sales invoices (skill/competence)
- labour legislation (knowledge)
- maintain contract administration (skill/competence)
- manage budgets (skill/competence)
- manage contracts (skill/competence)
- manage human resources (skill/competence)
- manage logistics (skill/competence)
- manage rented goods returns (skill/competence)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- manage standard enterprise resource planning system (skill/competence)
- manage sub-contract labour (skill/competence)
- manage warehouse operations (skill/competence)
- market pricing (knowledge)
- monitor ingredient storage (skill/competence)
- monitor stock level (skill/competence)
- multimodal transport logistics (knowledge)
- negotiate buying conditions (skill/competence)
- negotiate sales contracts (skill/competence)
- negotiate supplier arrangements (skill/competence)
- operations management (knowledge)
- perform project management (skill/competence)
- perform resource planning (skill/competence)
- plan future capacity requirements (skill/competence)
- pricing strategies (knowledge)
- programme work according to incoming orders (skill/competence)
- project management (knowledge)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- recruit employees (skill/competence)
- risk management (knowledge)
- statistics (knowledge)
- study sales levels of products (skill/competence)
- track price trends (skill/competence)
- train employees (skill/competence)
- transportation software related to an ERP system (knowledge)
- use sales forecasting softwares (skill/competence)
- visit suppliers (skill/competence)
- warehouse operations (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 52 ads, as of 2026-07-20)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- supply chain management — 48 %
- procurement — 40 %
- data analysis — 37 %
- inventory management — 29 %
- risk mitigation — 21 %
- contract negotiation — 19 %
Responsibilities
- team leadership — 21 %