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Logisticians

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Analyze and coordinate the ongoing 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.

What you’d do

  • 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.
  • Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
  • Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
  • Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
  • Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
  • Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs.
  • Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations.

Skills that matter

  • Critical Thinking
  • Active Listening
  • Coordination
  • Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Client Services Administrator
  • Logistician
  • Production Planner
  • Supply Management Specialist

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