Logisticians
Also called:
Integrated Logistics Support Manager (ILS Manager), Logistician, Logistics Team Lead, Production Planner
What they do:
Analyze and coordinate the logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.
On the job, you would:
- Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in or directly relevant to a logistics activity.
- Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.
- Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
Arts and Humanities
Business
- customer service
- management
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Transportation
- movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
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Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Persistence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Oracle E-Business Suite
- SAP ERP
Procurement software
- Order management software
- Purchasing software
Inventory management software
- Radio frequency identification RFID software
- Warehouse management software
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bachelor's degree or
doctoral/professional degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$72,780
per year, on average
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