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Career in Logistics: Top 4 Jobs to Choose

Published on November 24, 2014 by sunilgupta91
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Are you currently in a job search? There is some good news for you – logistics have been opening more and more vacancies for specialists in the field, so you have high chances of getting job if you focus on it! Indian businesses today are improving their supply chain teams to better the business performance and generally slash costs, so positions in logistics has become more strategic than they used to be before.

So, if you consider career in logistics, here are four top supply chain jobs for you and an overview of skills needed in order to succeed there.

Supply Chain Consultant

What they do: Consultants work with number of clients on problems that are specific for supply chain.

Why they are needed: When businesses desire to improve their supply chains, the third-party perspective is important to build a better image and define the problems that should be solved in order to make business more successful.

Skills needed for the job: The position would be a great choice for you if you have recently graduated majoring in economics, business or engineering; or if you are master of supply chain or MBAs. Being much more demanding than other entry-level positions in supply chain industry, the experience it provides will open you doors to logistics management positions, openings in chain management software companies and highly-respected consulting firms.

You can find this type of logistics jobs in Mumbai at the link – mumbai.jobtonic.in/jobs/logistics/.

Procurement Manager

What they do: Managers are dealing with direct/indirect sourcing; they take part in negotiation process with suppliers and control their performance.

Why they are needed: The supply chain will only be successful when it combines inventory flexibility with redundancy when still keeping the costs down. And it is a Procurement Manager who has to provide it with these characteristics.

Skills needed for the job: To be a successful procurement manager, one should obtain a talent to analyze and some excellent negotiation skills. Thus, experience and knowledge of statistics, marketing and sales would be useful, as well as background in supply chain operations. Obtaining such certificates as Senior Professional in Supply Management would only be a plus for you.

Demand Planning Analyst

What they do: Analysts are defining the product demands and match them with appropriate inventory levels.

Why they are needed: Demand Planning Analysts prevent companies that run Supply Chains from carrying the excessive or insufficient inventory as long as it may have some dire consequences on company’s bottom line.

Skills needed for the job: The main responsibility of the position is quantitative analysis, which means some knowledge and background in mathematics would be very useful. If you had any experience using enterprise resource planning software like Oracle and SAP is will help you a lot as well.

Distribution Center (DC) Supervisor

What they do: DC supervisors work as managers for the workers of warehouse and logistic professionals, making sure that the DC is well organized and efficient.

Why they are needed: The DC supervisors keep logistics move well and smooth, which is important to attract customers.

Skills needed for the job: Hopefully, you don’t have to obtain advanced certifications to succeed in the career, but it is important that you understand the mechanics of supply chains and technologies involved. Be ready to make your hands dirty from time to time, and don’t be afraid of taking some hard-stance for the result. The better you try, the more career opportunities you will have.

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Sunil Gupta is a blogger who love to write on latest technology news.

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