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Careers in SC & Operations (Traditional SC Careers (Careers in…
Careers in SC & Operations
Getting into SCM
Setting Career Goals
What are you qualified to do?
What can you get paid to do?
What do you enjoy?
Transition into SCM
SC Executives
SC Sales Professionals
SC Engineers
SC Technicians
SC Project Managers
SC Managers
SC Analysts & Planners
Supervisors & Functional Managers
SC IT Managers
SC Associates
Basics
Scor Model
Plan
Source
Make
Deliver
Return
Enable
Supply chain - Complex system made up of people, processes & technologies that's engineered & managed to deliver value to a customer
More SC Careers
Material Handling & Robotics
Material Handling Equipment Taxnomony
Unit Load Formation
Storage
Identification & Contol
Positioning
Transport
SC Info Tech
Labor Management System (LMS) - Help with scheduling & timekeeping for distribution associates
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Warehouse Management System (WMS) - Manage a warehouse
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Transportation Management System (TMS) - Track & manage products as they're being shipped from one place to another
Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) - Set production schedules & order materials
Need IT professionals who know how to write codes & design interfaces & protect data
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Integrate with other supply systems
Supply Chain Control Tower - Systems providing data that can be used for analytics
Supply Chain Innovators
Intrapreneurs - Usually have access to more money & talent
Technology Scouts - Usually work for big companies
Entrepreneurs - Build their business
Executives & Other Professionals
Lawyers - Specialize in supply chain issues
Accountants - Experts in dealing with activity-based costing & inventory valuations
Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO)
Real Estate Professionals - Use their logistics knowledge to help clients with site selection
HR Professionals - Recruiting & staffing for manufacturing, distribution, transportation operations
Environmental Professionals - Building sustainable supply chains
Humanitarian Supply Chain - Right relief supplies get to the right people at the right time
Analysts, Journalists, Educators
Educators
Full time positions in many community colleges & universities
Private training companies that offer certification programs
Jobs in some high school
Analysts & Consultants - Study trends & make recommendations about how to make improvements
Journalists - Who write magazines, newsletters, podcasts, videos
Getting a Job
Start or Buy SC Business
Start a New Business
Bootstrap - Paying for everything out of pocket until business is sustainable
Venture Capitalists - Investors in exchange of percentage of ownership
Become a Franchise Licensee
Franchisor might be wiling to help with financing options
Buy a Business
Often sold by business brokers
Might involve sale of real estate
Has financial history to work with
Join a Professional Association
Prominent U.S Based Associations
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Association of Supply Chain Management
Institute for Supply Management
Warehouse Education & Research Council
Certifications available
Take advantage of conferences, publications, local events to keep up with trends
Associations help you grow your network
Finding SC Jobs
oNet & LinkedIn
Working with search firms focused on SCM
Adapt to your job search
Recruiting fair focused on SCM
Build Your SC Skills
Short-term projects
Working as a volunteer
Internships
Get educated
Build a Development Dashboard
SME
Tools - Email & spreadsheets, systems
Rules - Understand imports & exports, tariffs
Languages - Jargons of SC
Context
Know how your company fits in
Match that up with what's happening in your department
Understand global business environment
Network
Vertical - Relationships with up & down the latter
Horizontal - Relationships with your peers
Outside company & industry
Traditional SC Careers
Careers in Distribution & Logistics
Associates - Ones closest to the physical products (warehousing, distribution, transportation)
Team leaders, coaches, supervisors - Help train, schedule, manage teams
3 PLs
Technicians - Maintain logistic equipments
Planners & Analysts - Decides how much inventory a company should have, when it should be order, how its going to be transported
Cargo & Freight agents
Managers - Leading 3 PLs
Careers in Retail
Merchandiser
Stockers
Cashiers
Salespeople
Shopping = Demand
Inventory Forecasting & Management
Figuring out how and when to order
Titles such as; Demand planner, inventory planner, or materials manager
Inventory is expensive & takes up a lot of space
Done with spreadsheets like Excel
Sourcing, Purchasing, Procurement
What we need to buy & who will sell it to us
Negotiate terms & put contracts in place
Critical part in supporting the whole business
Start ordering things, making sure suppliers get paid
Manufacturing Operations
Matters in all factory - Safety, Speed, Quality
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - Collecting metrics to make decisions
Often won't require a degree but lots of practice & attention to detail
Engineers - Design processes
Maintenance Folks - Preventative maintenance will all equipment
Quality & Testing Folks - Making sure products are perfect before sending out to customers
Process Improvement Folks - Streamline operations, reduce errors, improve efficiency using methods like Six Sigma, Lean, Theory of Constraints
SC Engineers
Design facilities & optimize flow of products
Choosing where to locate facilities in order to create the most value at the lowest cost
Specialize in the tools we use to move & store products
Develop software to support all these processes
Program & Project Management
A discipline - It's own set of tools, rules, jargons
Job security is a real challenge
Make sure you're working on multiple projects at once
PMOs - Project management offices, has projects lined up
Work breaks - Be prepared to out of projects for certain time frames
Change is a constant