8040 Colonel, Logistician

Core Skills

• enterprise logistics and supply chain management
• IT-enabled logistics planning and optimization
• data-driven readiness and sustainment analysis
• ERP and logistics information systems oversight
• strategic planning and policy development
• budgeting and resource allocation
• cross-functional and joint operations coordination
• risk management and continuity planning
• senior leadership communication and briefing
• team leadership and talent development

Civilian Career Paths

• Supply Chain Management
• Transportation Management
• Project Management

Training & Development

What the Work Involves

• Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.
• Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.
• Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
• Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
• Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.

Typical preparation for these civilian roles: a four-year degree or equivalent experience.