Supply Chain Management Major

Procurement and sourcing are part of the inbound supply chain. This is a great place to understand how sales, service, inventory management, and logistics work together to balance supply and demand.

Procurement involves identifying and purchasing the raw materials needed to create products. It plays a key role in keeping supply chains going. Common procurement roles include procurement analyst and procurement officer, who handle one specific aspect of purchasing. At a senior level, a purchasing manager oversees purchasing decisions for an entire organization.

The goal of a supply chain is getting products into consumers’ hands. Logistics is essential to meeting this goal. Career paths in logistics include transportation analyst and logistics analyst. A more senior role is transportation manager. These roles may have different responsibilities, but they all focus on moving products from the factory to the consumer.

Planning is a forward-looking process that coordinates assets to optimize the delivery of goods, services, and information from suppliers to customers while balancing supply and demand. Planning occurs throughout the supply chain. Roles include supply chain planner, demand planner, and inventory planner.

For jobs such as inventory optimization consultant, logistics consultant, operations and supply chain consultant, procurement consultant, and supply chain strategy consultant.

For jobs such as demand planning data scientist, logistics data scientist, supply chain data analyst, supply chain optimization specialist, and supply chain risk analyst.

For jobs such as epidemic response logistics manager, global health procurement specialist, logistics and distribution manager, and pharmaceutical supply chain manager.

For jobs such as environmental impact consultant, logistics coordinator, and sustainable supply chain manager.