Occupation Atlaslogistics and distribution manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/823db06f-25e1-4658-b063-d6ef956b41f5
logistics and distribution manager
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.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECREnterprising · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.99
- C Conventional5.74
- R Realistic3.60
- I Investigative2.64
- S Social2.39
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (11-3071.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (34)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse business plans
- analyse relation between supply chain improvement and profit
- analyse supply chain strategies
- analyse supply chain trends
- anticipate the overhaul of the fleet
- attend to detail in preparation for audits
- communicate with shipment forwarders
- comply with checklists
- conduct full-scale emergency plan exercises
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- control reorder points
- coordinate dock operations
- create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement
- develop efficiency plans for logistics operations
- direct logistical functions
- e-commerce systems
- freight transport methods
- give instructions to staff
- handle stressful situations in the work place
- liaise with colleagues
- liaise with transportation companies
- manage dispatch software systems
- manage staff
- manage the fleet according to planned operations
- manage transport of goods from warehouse facilities
- perform cost accounting activities
- provide operational efficiency training to employees
- regulations for international transportation
- safety regulations for warehouses
- solve operational transport problems
- supply chain management
- types of packaging used in industrial shipments
- warehouse operations
- work in a logistics team
Optional (12)
- check dangerous goods transport unit
- cooperate with colleagues
- coordinate export transportation activities
- coordinate import transportation activities
- have computer literacy
- identify software for warehouse management
- improve rail service delivery
- liaise with port users
- manage budgets
- oversee warehouse value-added activities
- transportation methods
- use different communication channels
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 34 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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7 shared · 20 more of its owndirect logistical functions, analyse business plans, analyse supply chain trends, freight transport methods
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