Business & Finance
Logisticians
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.
Median salary
$80,880
Typical range
$49k – $132k
Job outlook
+17% (much faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Logisticians
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Logisticians Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Logisticians
Entry / Junior
$49,260
~2 yrs to advance
Logisticians
Established
$80,880
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Logisticians
Senior
$106,495
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Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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