What You'll 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.
  • Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
  • Collaborate with other departments as necessary to meet customer requirements, to take advantage of sales opportunities or, in the case of shortages, to minimize negative impacts on a business.
  • Protect and control proprietary materials.
  • Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
  • Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices.
  • Direct team activities, establishing task priorities, scheduling and tracking work assignments, providing guidance, and ensuring the availability of resources.
  • Report project plans, progress, and results.
  • Direct and support the compilation and analysis of technical source data necessary for product development.

Essential Skills

Critical Thinking 4.0/5
Reading Comprehension 3.88/5
Active Listening 3.88/5
Speaking 3.88/5
Monitoring 3.88/5
Coordination 3.88/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.75/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.62/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.62/5
Active Learning 3.5/5
Systems Analysis 3.5/5
Writing 3.38/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Dependability, Attention to Detail, Cooperation, Integrity, Achievement Orientation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 4.0/5
Written Comprehension 4.0/5
Oral Expression 4.0/5
Problem Sensitivity 4.0/5
Deductive Reasoning 4.0/5
Inductive Reasoning 4.0/5
Information Ordering 4.0/5
Speech Recognition 3.88/5

Technologies & Tools

Autodesk AutoCAD Customer relationship management CRM software Enterprise resource planning ERP software IBM Cognos Impromptu IBM Power Systems software Intuit QuickBooks Microsoft Access Microsoft Dynamics Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Project Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Visio Microsoft Word Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.77/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.71/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.4/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.4/5)
  • Achievement Orientation (High importance: 4.34/5)

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How to Become One

Most employers require a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Some positions may also require experience through internships, co-ops, or entry-level work to strengthen your candidacy.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Acquisition Analyst Automated Logistics Specialist Client Services Administrator Delivery Coordinator Demand Planner Distribution Specialist Inventory Analyst Logistician Logistics Associate Logistics Clerk Logistics Coordinator Logistics Planner Logistics Specialist Logistics Team Member Logistics Technician Manufacturing Planner Material Coordinator Material Planner Materials Planner Planner Production Planner Scheduler Supply Chain Associate Supply Chain Consultant Supply Chain Coordinator Supply Chain Planner Supply Chain Specialist Supply Management Specialist Supply Planner Transportation Coordinator

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Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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