APICS Guide to Careers in Supply Chain and Operations Management

The APICS Guide to Careers in Supply Chain and Operations Management provides industry professionals and practitioners, hiring managers, human resource professionals, and job seekers with valuable information, including the skills, knowledge, and experience supply chain managers must possess, typical career paths for supply chain managers, and responsibilities and tasks required of each job function. Industry professionals can help manage career growth by strategically setting goals and measuring progress against information provided by peers in similar positions across the globe.

Your APICS Guide to Careers in Supply Chain and Operations Management contains job descriptions, career paths, and competency models by job title:
• buyer/planner
• distribution and logistics managers
• master scheduling manager
• materials manager
• supply chain manager

Each job role includes the following resources:
• Introduction and career pack how-to guide
• APICS career paths
• APICS job descriptions
• Job role overview
• Keywords for job postings
• Building a job description
• Job description example
• Job seekers: reviewing job descriptions
• APICS competency model
• Appendix: Understanding job descriptions