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.
Work Activities
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Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.
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Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
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Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
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Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
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Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
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Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations.
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Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs.
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Direct team activities, establishing task priorities, scheduling and tracking work assignments, providing guidance, and ensuring the availability of resources.
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Perform managerial duties such as hiring and training employees and overseeing facility needs or requirements.
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Collaborate with other departments as necessary to meet customer requirements, to take advantage of sales opportunities or, in the case of shortages, to minimize negative impacts on a business.
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Report project plans, progress, and results.
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Protect and control proprietary materials.
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Stay informed of logistics technology advances and apply appropriate technology to improve logistics processes.
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Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices.
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Provide project management services, including the provision and analysis of technical data.
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Manage the logistical aspects of product life cycles, including coordination or provisioning of samples, and the minimization of obsolescence.
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Perform system lifecycle cost analysis and develop component studies.
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Plan, organize, and execute logistics support activities, such as maintenance planning, repair analysis, and test equipment recommendations.
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Participate in the assessment and review of design alternatives and design change proposal impacts.
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Direct and support the compilation and analysis of technical source data necessary for product development.
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Support the development of training materials and technical manuals.
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Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
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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.
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Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
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Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Inductive Reasoning
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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Information Ordering
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
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Transportation
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
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English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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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.
- Education Bachelor's degree
- Work Experience No work experience
- Training No on-the-job training
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