Logistician

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Client Services Administrator; Logistician; Production Planner; Supply Management Specialist

Tasks

• Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.
• Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.
• Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
• Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
• Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
• Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
• Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs.
• Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations.
• Direct team activities, establishing task priorities, scheduling and tracking work assignments, providing guidance, and ensuring the availability of resources.
• Perform managerial duties such as hiring and training employees and overseeing facility needs or requirements.
• 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.
• Report project plans, progress, and results.
• Protect and control proprietary materials.
• Stay informed of logistics technology advances and apply appropriate technology to improve logistics processes.
• Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices.

Knowledge

• Transportation
• Administration and Management
• English Language
• Customer and Personal Service
• Mathematics
• Computers and Electronics
• Economics and Accounting
• Sales and Marketing
• Geography
• Public Safety and Security
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Production and Processing
• Education and Training
• Law and Government

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Monitoring
• Active Learning
• Writing
• Mathematics
• Learning Strategies

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression
• Near Vision
• Originality
• Fluency of Ideas
• Category Flexibility
• Number Facility
• Visualization
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Flexibility of Closure