Enterprise Singapore (ESG) has partnered with Willis Towers Watson to study the future of jobs and skills in Singapore’s Wholesale Trade Sector. The Wholesale Trade (WST) sector is an essential pillar of Singapore’s economy, comprising of more than 50,000 organisations offering business-to-business (B2B) trading and distribution in verticals ranging from commodities to industrial and consumer products. This sector represents agricultural materials, household goods, fuels & chemicals, general merchandise, machinery & equipment and generates close to 300,000 jobs in Singapore.
As the current business landscape shifts rapidly, organisations in the WST sector will have to rethink business and operating models, adapt to new ways of working and, most importantly, focus on reskilling their workforce for the future.
The study is focused on a 3 to 5 years’ time frame and aims to identify strategies to ensure that the workforce is future ready.
Accelerated technology adoption is the big change catalyst for the WST sector with 44% of organisations expecting a high level of digitalisation to impact key or all functions
New technologies that have started making their mark in the WST sector include advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, business intelligence applications, digital marketplaces and robotic process automation
83% of WST jobs studied will undergo either a high or medium level of impact
When it comes to the type of impact, more than 80% jobs will undergo enhancement / augmentation of job scope
To fulfill higher value roles, WST professionals will need to acquire new / augmented skills. 42 such technology-led and business-led technical skills have been identified
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