Different Careers in Supply Chain

When one thinks of Supply Chain Management, the easy association to make is that everyone with this degree is a Supply Chain Manager. Makes sense, right? Wrong. While there are certainly a lot of Supply Chain Managers in this field, there is actually a variety of positions available to graduates with a Supply Chain degree. The following list is just a few, you can find more here.

Supply Chain Manager: $104,850
A Supply Chain Manager handles the logistics of a product. From the factory where it's produced, to the retail location where it's sold to a consumer. They oversee the whole 'supply chain' and make sure that it is running efficiently.

Purchasing agent: $62,220
A Purchasing Agent handles a lot of the business prior to the manufacturing of whatever product their respective company is trying to sell. They create purchase orders, purchase equipment, contact suppliers, and take care of almost anything necessary to manufacture a product.

Logistics Analyst: $74,260

A Logistics Analyst has several different tasks. They maintain databases that are full of information about efficiency and distribution tasks, they review performance data in order to ensure maximum efficiency, and they also just look at the supply chain as a whole to see what can be improved.

-Devon Andeson