Description
Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.
Interests
- Conventional
- Enterprising
- Investigative
Work Values
- Achievement
- Independence
- Recognition
Work Styles
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Achievement/Effort
Tasks
- Maintain databases of logistics information.
- Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
- Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.
- Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
- Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
Work Activities
- Working with Computers
- Analyzing Data or Information
- Getting Information
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Detailed Work Activities
- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Technology Skills
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Presentation software
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Business intelligence and data analysis software
- Analytical or scientific software
Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Near Vision
- Written Comprehension
- Deductive Reasoning
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
- Monitoring
Knowledge
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Transportation
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certifying Organization
SAP America, Inc.
Type
Product/Equipment
Certificate name
Certified Warehouse Logistic Professional Tier ICertifying Organization
International Warehouse Logistics Association
Type
Core
Certificate name
SAP Certified Application Associate - Logistics Execution and Warehouse Management with SAP ERP 6.0Certifying Organization
SAP America, Inc.
Type
Product/Equipment
Certificate name
Oracle Global Trade Management 6 EssemtialsCertifying Organization
Oracle Corporation
Type
Product/Equipment
Certificate name
SAP Certified Application Associate - Logistics Execution & Warehouse Mgmt. with SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5Certifying Organization
SAP America, Inc.
Type
Advanced
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $61,256 |
| Median (50%) | $81,268 |
| High (90%) | $129,658 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | N/A |
| Mid Level | N/A |
| Senior Level | N/A |
| Expert Level | N/A |
Employability
There are currently 237,100 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 282,900 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 19%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 19%
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