Occupation Atlassupply chain assistant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c8b296be-54ae-48cf-be21-031fa8457937
supply chain assistant
Supply chain assistants work closely together with managers in the operations processes, namely purchasing, manufacturing, and distribution processes. They help with administrative and pragmatic follow up of actions such as invoicing, drafting and preparation of contracts and purchasing orders, reconciliation of inventory against documents, and communication with distribution channels.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CERConventional · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.92
- E Enterprising4.91
- R Realistic3.12
- S Social2.11
- I Investigative1.20
- A Artistic1.14
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (43-5061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (9)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- budget for financial needs
- office software
- organise business documents
- perform business research
- perform office routine activities
- supply chain principles
- support managers
- use office systems
- use spreadsheets software
Optional (25)
- analyse supply chain strategies
- assist in planning production scheduling
- carry out inventory control accuracy
- coordinate purchasing activities
- direct logistical functions
- forecast production quantities
- handle returns
- identify key processes of traceability systems
- identify software for warehouse management
- international business
- interpret business information
- inventory management rules
- issue sales invoices
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- monitor staff absences
- operations department processes
- prepare purchasing reportings
- provide technical documentation
- purchase supplies
- quality standards
- receive shipment packaging information
- sales department processes
- use production planning software
- use sales forecasting softwares
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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