Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Most important skills

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Active Listening
3. Monitoring
4. Coordination
5. Writing
6. Speaking
7. Critical Thinking
8. Active Learning

Key knowledge

1. Transportation
2. Administration and Management
3. Customer and Personal Service
4. English Language
5. Mathematics
6. Personnel and Human Resources
7. Public Safety and Security
8. Economics and Accounting

What the work involves

• Direct inbound or outbound operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, and logistics quality management.
• Plan or implement improvements to internal or external systems or processes.
• Recommend or authorize capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment or property to increase efficiency and services.
• Review invoices, work orders, consumption reports, or demand forecasts to estimate peak performance periods and to issue work assignments.
• Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
• Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
• Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
• Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.