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🔻 Declining ESCO reuse: cross-sector

Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.

order supplies — command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 57.53/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within skills. It is currently listed by 62 occupations in our catalogue, including Purchasing managers, domestic housekeeper, cook, and fish cook.

Category: skills › purchasing goods or services SCI: 57.53/100 Also known as: order of supplies, order supply, select supplies to be ordered, place a product order

Occupations that require order supplies

Showing top 20 of 62 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

Purchasing managers 👥 50,000 · 🤖 5.5/10
domestic housekeeper · 🤖 3.0/10
cook · 🤖 4.6/10
fish cook · 🤖 4.6/10
grill cook · 🤖 4.6/10
head pastry chef · 🤖 4.6/10
ammunition shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
antique shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
audio and video equipment shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
audiology equipment shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
bakery shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
beauty salon manager · 🤖 5.0/10
beverages shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
bicycle shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
body artist · 🤖 5.0/10
bookshop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
building materials shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
clothing shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
confectionery shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10
cosmetics and perfume shop manager · 🤖 5.0/10

Frequently asked questions

What is order supplies?

Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.

What category of skill is order supplies?

ESCO classifies order supplies under the skills category, specifically in the purchasing goods or services subcategory.

Is order supplies an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 57.53/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. Prioritise this skill only when it directly enables paid work today — plan for AI to absorb more of it every year.

Which jobs require order supplies?

In our catalogue, 62 occupations list order supplies as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include Purchasing managers, domestic housekeeper, cook, fish cook, grill cook, head pastry chef.

How transferable is order supplies between industries?

ESCO tags order supplies as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is order supplies the same as order of supplies?

Yes — order supplies is also known as order of supplies, order supply, select supplies to be ordered, or place a product order. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn order supplies?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands order supplies and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.