Plan, direct, or coordinate purchasing, warehousing, distribution, forecasting, customer service, or planning services. Manage logistics personnel and logistics systems and direct daily operations.
<ul><li>Create policies or procedures for logistics activities.</li><li>Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.</li><li>Supervise the work of logistics specialists, planners, or schedulers.</li><li>Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues.</li><li>Direct distribution center operation to ensure achievement of cost, productivity, accuracy, or timeliness objectives.</li><li>Analyze all aspects of corporate logistics to determine the most cost-effective or efficient means of transporting products or supplies.</li><li>Negotiate transportation rates or services.</li><li>Direct or coordinate comprehensive logistical or reverse logistical functions for product life cycles, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, recycling, reuse, or final disposal of resources.</li><li>Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers.</li><li>Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, or logistics quality management.</li><li>Establish or monitor specific supply chain-based performance measurement systems.</li><li>Participate in carrier management processes, such as selection, qualification, or performance evaluation.</li><li>Monitor product import or export processes to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements.</li><li>Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product transit or delivery.</li><li>Maintain metrics, reports, process documentation, customer service logs, or training or safety records.</li><li>Implement specific customer requirements, such as internal reporting or customized transportation metrics.</li><li>Plan or implement improvements to internal or external logistics systems or processes.</li><li>Recommend optimal transportation modes, routing, equipment, or frequency.</li><li>Negotiate with suppliers or customers to improve supply chain efficiency or sustainability.</li><li>Communicate freight transportation information to customers or suppliers, using transportation management, electronic logistics marketplace, or electronic freight information systems, to improve efficiency, speed, or quality of transportation services.</li><li>Plan or implement material flow management systems to meet production requirements.</li><li>Develop risk management programs to ensure continuity of supply in emergency scenarios.</li><li>Train shipping department personnel in roles or responsibilities regarding global logistics strategies.</li><li>Recommend purchase of new or improved technology, such as automated systems.</li><li>Design models for use in evaluating logistics programs or services.</li></ul>