Families / Operate

Supply Chain Manager

Moves physical goods through suppliers, plants and ports on schedule. Every disruption is your problem by definition.

Pay band (est.)
$90k–$165k
Time to competence
5 years
Licence
None
Setting
mixed
Leverage
high
Place constraint
medium
Physical demand
20/100
Hours burden
62/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play11th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge38th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage86th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand66th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay81th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body76th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy81th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit63th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility63th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill63th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load7th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance89th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Crisis-driven; you are measured on things you do not control.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

  • Place constraint is medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
  • Hours burden is 62/100 and people intensity 70/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.

Source note: BLS-style patterns; estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.