Logistics Managers

Job Description & Duties Plan, direct, or coordinate purchasing, warehousing, distribution, forecasting, customer service, or planning services. Manage logistics personnel and logistics systems and direct daily operations.

• Establish or monitor specific supply chain-based performance measurement systems.
• Negotiate transportation rates or services.
• Direct or coordinate comprehensive logistical or reverse logistical functions for product life cycles, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, recycling, reuse, or final disposal of resources.
• Communicate freight transportation information to customers or suppliers, using transportation management, electronic logistics marketplace, or electronic freight information systems, to improve efficiency, speed, or quality of transportation services.
• Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product transit or delivery.
• Prepare or file environmental certification applications.

• Reading Comprehension
  :
  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Coordination
  :
  Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Speaking
  :
  Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking
  :
  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Listening
  :
  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Time Management
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  Managing one’s own time and the time of others.

• Corporate Logistics Manager
• Logistics Manager
• Integrated Logistics Support Manager (ILS Manager)
• Contract Manager
• Global Logistics Manager

The typical yearly salary for Logistics Managers is between $56,050 and $158,370.

Logistics Managers who work in District of Columbia
, Delaware
, or New York make the highest salaries.

Below is a list of tools and technologies that Logistics Managers may use on a daily basis:

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Power Point
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Access
• Email software
• Microsoft Project
• Spreadsheet software
• Microsoft Visio
• Database software
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Scheduling software
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• SAP Business Objects
• IBM Power Systems software
• Presentation software