Supply Chain Managers
Supervision of procurement, inventory forecasting, stock positioning, storage, distribution, and supply budgets transfers directly to coordinating civilian supply chain operations.
How to prepare: Build a sample supply plan linking demand forecasts, purchasing quantities, inventory targets, and budget impacts in Microsoft Excel.
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