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Job Overview
- Exploration and production
- Oil and Gas Services
- Oil sands
- Pipelines
- LNG
- Petrochemicals and Refining
- Post-secondary diploma
- Post-secondary degree
About This Career
Whether it’s coming or going, you manage the movement of materials through a company and the finished goods to the end customer. Personnel and goods in the oil and gas industry are continuously in motion. Whether a company’s product is oil or gas, or oil and gas equipment, they need a Logistics Manager.
Logistics Managers manage logistics personnel and systems, as well as direct daily operations. They plan, direct and coordinate with purchasing, warehousing, distribution, forecasting, customer service and planning services. This management role is best suited to professionals who are extremely organized, analytical and possess strong negotiating skills.
In this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing all aspects of corporate logistics to determine the most cost-effective or efficient means of transporting products or supplies
- Collaborating with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting or shipping of inbound/outbound supplies
- Planning and implementing material flow management systems to meet production requirements
- Directing inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance or logistics quality management
- Directing or coordinating comprehensive logistical or reverse logistical functions for product life cycles, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, recycling, reuse and final disposal of resources
Education
- A post-secondary diploma or degree in business administration, commerce or economics is typically required, along with several years of experience in supply chain logistics or distribution. Sufficient experience may offset the formal education requirements.
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Construction Safety Training System (CSTS)
- H2S Alive
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST)
Licensing
- The designated Supply Chain Management Professional (S.C.M.P.) or registration in the education program of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada may be required
- A Certified Supply Chain Professional Designation C.S.C.P. is also widely recognized
You have your finger on the pulse of things. This means you’re extremely organized, well-spoken with strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Transportation
- Critical thinking
- Public safety and security
- Collaborative
- Law and government
- Planning and organizing
- Operations analysis
- Judgment and decision making
- Negotiation
- Customer and personal service
- Collaborative
- Law and government
- Wholesale trade
- Manufacturing
- Public administration
- Finance and insurance
- Accommodation and food services
- Health care and social assistance
- Construction
- Transportation and warehousing
- Utilities
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Also known as
- Global Logistics Manager
- Integrated Logistics Programs Director
- Logistics Solution Manager
- Supply Chain Logistics Manager
- Contract Manager
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