According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity. | 89% |
| Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met. | 86% |
| Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations. | 83% |
| Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates. | 82% |
| Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements. | 82% |
| Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products. | 81% |
| Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs. | 80% |
| Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations. | 80% |
| Direct team activities, establishing task priorities, scheduling and tracking work assignments, providing guidance, and ensuring the availability of resources. | 80% |
| Perform managerial duties such as hiring and training employees and overseeing facility needs or requirements. | 80% |
| Collaborate with other departments as necessary to meet customer requirements, to take advantage of sales opportunities or, in the case of shortages, to minimize negative impacts on a business. | 79% |
| Report project plans, progress, and results. | 78% |
| Protect and control proprietary materials. | 77% |
| Stay informed of logistics technology advances and apply appropriate technology to improve logistics processes. | 74% |
| Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices. | 73% |
| Provide project management services, including the provision and analysis of technical data. | 71% |
| Manage the logistical aspects of product life cycles, including coordination or provisioning of samples, and the minimization of obsolescence. | 68% |
| Perform system lifecycle cost analysis and develop component studies. | 67% |
| Plan, organize, and execute logistics support activities, such as maintenance planning, repair analysis, and test equipment recommendations. | 66% |
| Participate in the assessment and review of design alternatives and design change proposal impacts. | 66% |
| Direct and support the compilation and analysis of technical source data necessary for product development. | 64% |
| Support the development of training materials and technical manuals. | 60% |
