Overview

Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.

Also Known As


Client Services Administrator, Logistician, Production Planner, Supply Management Specialist

Activities


  • Develop business relationships.
  • Supervise employees.
  • Prepare proposal documents.
  • Analyze logistics processes.
  • Allocate physical resources within organizations.
  • Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
  • Present business-related information to audiences.
  • Manage operations, research, or logistics projects.
  • Confer with personnel to coordinate business operations.
  • Report information to managers or other personnel.
  • Update professional knowledge.
  • Develop business or financial information systems.
  • Advise others on analytical techniques.
  • Develop financial or business plans.
  • Analyze business or financial data.
  • Measure effectiveness of business strategies or practices.
  • Coordinate regulatory documentation activities.
  • Develop training materials.

Skills


  • Critical Thinking – Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
  • Reading Comprehension – Reading work-related information.
  • Active Listening – Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Speaking – Talking to others.
  • Monitoring – Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Coordination – Changing what is done based on other people’s actions.
  • Complex Problem Solving – Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Judgment and Decision Making – Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Social Perceptiveness – Understanding people’s reactions.
  • Systems Analysis – Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
  • Active Learning – Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
  • Time Management – Managing your time and the time of other people.
  • Writing – Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Knowledgebase



Education Requirements


  • Education: Bachelor's degree
  • Experience: None
  • Training: No On The Job

Knowledge


  • Transportation – Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
  • English Language – Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Administration and Management – Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • Customer and Personal Service – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Mathematics – Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Computers and Electronics – Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Abilities


  • Oral Expression – Communicating by speaking.
  • Problem Sensitivity – Noticing when problems happen.
  • Deductive Reasoning – Using rules to solve problems.
  • Inductive Reasoning – Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
  • Written Comprehension – Reading and understanding what is written.
  • Oral Comprehension – Listening and understanding what people say.
  • Information Ordering – Ordering or arranging things.
  • Speech Recognition – Recognizing spoken words.
  • Speech Clarity – Speaking clearly.
  • Written Expression – Communicating by writing.
  • Near Vision – Seeing details up close.
  • Originality – Creating new and original ideas.
  • Fluency of Ideas – Coming up with lots of ideas.

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Pathway Job Market and Predictions - Connecticut

Future Job Opportunities: Bright
Typical Wages
Local National
10% $47,150 $44,190
25% $58,450 $57,810
Median $72,780 $76,270
75% $91,280 $98,400
90% $112,410 $122,580


Projected Employment
Connecticut United States
1,060
2018 Employment
191,00
2019 Employment
1,150
2028 Employment
247,300
2029 Employment
9%
Percent Change
30%
Percent Change
120
Annual Projected Job Openings
24,500
Annual Projected Job Openings