Supply chain manager

A supply chain manager oversees the flow of goods, materials, and information from suppliers to customers. They manage sourcing, procurement, inventory, production planning, logistics, and distribution, work with suppliers and partners, optimize cost, speed, and reliability, and keep the complex chain that delivers products running smoothly and efficiently.

The role is strategic and analytical, central to manufacturing, retail, and any product business, and tested by disruptions. Supply chain managers work across industries.

The job suits analytical, organized, big-picture people who enjoy optimizing complex systems and coordinating many moving parts, like the challenge of balancing cost, speed, and reliability, and want a role at the heart of how products get made and delivered.