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3043 Supply Chain Specialist

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Overview

Supply Chain Specialists perform and monitor manual or automated inventory control actions while designing, planning, executing, controlling, and monitoring supply chain activities. They synchronize supply with demand, measure performance, maintain accountability and supporting documentation throughout capital asset lifecycles, and advise supply officers on supply matters.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: CL 95

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: navmc-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Capital asset lifecycle documentation control
  • Retail and intermediate inventory accountability
  • Asset transfer and sub-custody recordkeeping
  • Supply-demand synchronization and performance measurement

Civilian Career Paths

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Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Manual or automated inventory control and asset lifecycle documentation transfer directly to inventory recordkeeping and shipment verification.

How to prepare: Practice reconciling a sample shipment against its invoice and inventory records in Microsoft Excel, documenting discrepancies and corrections.

What the civilian work involves
  • Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
  • Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
  • Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • SAP software

Logistics Analysts

Synchronizing supply with demand, monitoring inventory controls, and measuring supply chain performance provide a foundation for interpreting civilian logistics data.

How to prepare: Build a Microsoft Excel portfolio using sample inventory data to compare supply with demand, identify shortages, and explain recommended inventory actions.

What the civilian work involves
  • Maintain databases of logistics information.
  • Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
  • Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Structured query language SQL

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 3043

    [1] MOS 3043 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 42818; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Capital asset lifecycle documentation control, Retail and intermediate inventory accountability, Asset transfer and sub-custody recordkeeping, Supply-demand synchronization and performance measurement, Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (O*NET 43-5071.00), Logistics Analysts (O*NET 13-1081.02)

  2. O*NET: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (O*NET 43-5071.00)

  3. O*NET: Logistics Analysts

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Logistics Analysts (O*NET 13-1081.02)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 3043. Each history page explains the change.

3042Supply Administration Man (Mechanized Account)

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