Analysis of Job Demand in the E-cigarette Industry

Aug.16.2023
Analysis of Job Demand in the E-cigarette Industry
On August 15th, 2FIRSTS conducted a comprehensive analysis of job postings from 20 well-known e-cigarette companies, revealing their talent needs.

On August 15, 2FIRSTS conducted a comprehensive analysis of the job postings from 20 well-known e-cigarette companies on a recruitment platform to determine the talent requirements of the e-cigarette industry.


These 20 companies include IMiracle (Heaven Gifts), Platinum, Dawson, Huachengda, HQD, Heyuan, Gikna, LOST VAPE, Meizhonglian, NME Network, Saima, Skol, Smoore, Wuxin Technology (Yueke), Innokin, Yijia Te, YOOZ, Youwei Er, Zhuolinen.


According to data released on August 15th, these companies have posted a total of 1,501 job vacancies, primarily covering positions in research and development, product development, design, sales, operations, administration, procurement, and marketing.


Among these 1501 positions, the highest demand is for research and development roles, accounting for 52% (including product positions). These positions include project managers, e-cigarette project engineers, quality testers, senior structural engineers, materials engineers, and more.


In addition to the research and development positions, other in-demand job roles include sales (13%), administration (11%), design (7%), marketing (6%), procurement (3%), and operations (3%).


Among these companies, the top five companies with the highest recruitment demand are IMiracle (Heaven Gifts), Heyuan, Simoer, HQD, and Saillemei.


These five companies collectively offer a total of 996 job vacancies, accounting for 66% of the overall job opportunities. Among them, the highest number of vacancies is in research and development positions (including product roles), comprising 74% of the total research and development positions.


In addition, 2FIRSTS also conducted a statistical analysis of job postings posted on recruitment websites by over 50 smaller-scale e-cigarette companies. These 50 e-cigarette companies collectively posted over 400 job positions.


In contrast to well-established corporations, these smaller-scale enterprises tend to lean towards recruiting sales and international trade positions rather than research and development roles.


Among them, sales positions, including foreign trade positions, accounted for 43%, while R&D positions accounted for 31%.


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