# Competences — footwear production manager

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6482664d-48f4-4ff4-9346-584ac0e2f729).

## Essential

- **assembling processes and techniques for california footwear construction** (knowledge)
- **assembling processes and techniques for cemented footwear construction** (knowledge)
- **assembling processes and techniques for goodyear footwear construction** (knowledge)
- **calculate the productivity of the production of footwear and leather goods** (skill/competence)
- **communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages** (skill/competence)
- **footwear bottoms pre-assembly** (knowledge)
- **footwear components** (knowledge)
- **footwear finishing techniques** (knowledge)
- **footwear manufacturing technology** (knowledge)
- **footwear materials** (knowledge)
- **footwear quality** (knowledge)
- **footwear stitching techniques** (knowledge)
- **footwear uppers pre-assembly** (knowledge)
- **health and safety in the workplace** (knowledge)
- **innovate in footwear and leather goods industry** (skill/competence)
- **manage production of footwear or leather goods** (skill/competence)
- **manual cutting processes for leather** (knowledge)
- **plan footwear manufacture** (skill/competence)
- **plan supply chain logistics for footwear and leather goods** (skill/competence)
- **prepare footwear samples** (skill/competence)
- **pre-stitching processes and techniques for footwear and leather goods** (knowledge)
- **reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing** (skill/competence)
- **use communication techniques** (skill/competence)
- **use IT tools** (skill/competence)
- **use technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **work in textile manufacturing teams** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- apply assembling techniques for cemented footwear construction (skill/competence)
- apply footwear bottoms pre-assembling techniques (skill/competence)
- apply machine cutting techniques for footwear and leather goods (skill/competence)
- automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods (knowledge)
- coordinate assembling room in footwear manufacturing (skill/competence)
- coordinate closing room in footwear manufacturing (skill/competence)
- coordinate cutting room in footwear manufacturing (skill/competence)
- determine footwear warehouse layout (skill/competence)
- footwear creation process (knowledge)
- footwear equipments (knowledge)
- footwear machinery (knowledge)
- manage budgets (skill/competence)
- manage footwear quality systems (skill/competence)
- operate automatic cutting systems for footwear and leather goods (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 10 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

### Hard skills

- production planning — **60 %**
- inventory management — **30 %**
- inventory optimization — **30 %**
- master scheduling — **30 %**
- production control — **20 %**
- production management — **20 %**

### Responsibilities

- team leadership — **20 %**

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