Supply Chain Managers
Senior technical experience in Coast Guard supply chain operations, logistics, and financial management transfers to coordinating supply operations with financial priorities.
How to prepare: Build a civilian supply chain case study that defines cost and quality metrics and explains how you would coordinate material planning with finance.
What the civilian work involves
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
- Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Excel
- SAP software