Where a logistics and distribution manager can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a logistics and distribution manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Logistics and distribution managers take decisions on logistic services, operations and provisions. They take internal and external variables into consideration for effective and successful organisational logistic services. They give appropriate support to all the activities of the supply chain from the beginning to the end. These professionals organise the storage and distribution of goods and ensure that the right products are delivered to the right location on time and at a good cost.
Also known as logistics director, logistics supply chain coordinator, distribution and logistics manager, logistics manager, manager of logistics and distribution, supply chain logistics manager, planning and logistics manager, distribution logistics manager, distribution & logistics manager, logistics coordinator, logistics operations manager, distribution coordinator.
Managers 46 skills on file 12 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: warehouse manager, 28%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- warehouse manager 28% covered · difficulty 79.3
- machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.9
- electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- electrical household appliances distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- dairy products and edible oils distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- furniture carpets and lighting equipment distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- perfume and cosmetics distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- waste and scrap distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- chemical products distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
- hides, skins and leather products distribution manager 23% covered · difficulty 76.2
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A logistics and distribution manager needs 34 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- anticipate the overhaul of the fleet management skills
- control reorder points handling and moving
- manage the fleet according to planned operations management skills
- provide operational efficiency training to employees communication, collaboration and creativity
- analyse relation between supply chain improvement and profit information skills
- manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities handling and moving
- regulations for international transportation business, administration and law
- coordinate dock operations management skills
- manage dispatch software systems working with computers
- solve operational transport problems communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a logistics and distribution manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Logistics and distribution manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a logistics and distribution manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.