How to become a supply distribution manager
Oversee and coordinate the storage and distribution operations within an organisation that receives, stores, and ships products.
What does a supply distribution manager do?
Duties and tasks
- Assign duties to workers and monitors their performance.
- Interview, hires, and trains warehouse workers.
- Maintain required stock levels.
- Prepare and manages budgets.
- Respond to customers questions and complaints.
- Review invoices, work orders and data to estimate peak delivery periods.
- Schedule and monitors the pickup or delivery of products.
Industry bodies
- Australasian Supply Chain Institute
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
- Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia
- Women in Supply Chain
Related jobs
- Customer service supervisor
- Depot manager
- Logistics analyst
- Logistics project manager
- Logistics & purchasing manager
- Operations manager
- Purchasing & logistics manager
- Purchasing & supply manager
- Site operations manager
- Transport manager
- Warehouse supervisor
Discover related degrees
Undergraduate SWI-BLS-DEG
Bachelor of Business with a Major in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Postgraduate ECU-SLM-GCE
Graduate Certificate of Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Undergraduate TAS-GLM-DEG
Available majors
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Maritime Business Management
Postgraduate ECU-SLM-MAS
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Postgraduate TAS-JNB738
Undergraduate RMI-LGM310
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