Seven Careers in Logistics

Although most college students do not see logistics as a very probable employment field, it is actually an area of great importance to everyone (Gibson, 1985,p. 2). Logistics is a broad career field that includes a wide variety of jobs. In this paper I will discuss and analyze seven major careers in logistics: administrative manager, inventory control manager, warehousing manager, administrative analyst, transportation manager, customer service manager, and consultant. For each one of the careers I will talk about the job and all it involves, the skills needed in order to do the job effectively, and some of the key duties that are included with the job.
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
I wanted to begin with talking about the logistics manager because it is one of the most involved careers in logistics.
Being a logistics manager is kind of like running a medium-sized company within the organization (Gibson, 1985,p. 4). It is not uncommon for them to supervise as many as 300 people (Johnson, 1999,p. 18). …