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Logistics Analysts

Also called: Logistics Analyst, Logistics Management Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst, Transportation Analyst

What they do:

Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.

On the job, you would:
  • 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.
On the job, you'll need:

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Transportation

  • movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem

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
  • measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • order or arrange things

Math

  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem
  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Oracle PeopleSoft
  • SAP software

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software

  • Cadre Technologies Accuplus Integrated Distribution Logistics System
  • Oracle E-Business Suite Logistics

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Bright.

New job opportunities are very likely in the future. This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

Median Annual Salary: $77,520

Education

Bachelor's degree or associate's degree is usually needed.