Logisticians

Imagine what you are passionate about and how it would relate to your ability to succeed at the position like you’re applying for. The most qualified people don’t necessarily get the internships, but instead the people that seem enthused by the opportunity and someone that can humble themselves t...

Keep communication open, ask questions, show that you have the ability to learn, and communicate to people that you are wanting to work here. Also, be open to any position. Once you are in, it is easier to move around and get to a position that you desire.

For a Transportation/Logistics Co-op position at Johnson & Johnson it is important to highlight previous operations and/or customer service experience that you have had. Being familiar with excel functions is important to highlight in the interview. Taking either the operations management course ...

An understanding of transportation logistics (time and cost factors) and understanding of how a 3PL works, and network with the people in your team.

A Planning Advisor at ExxonMobil in the Upstream Production Company (The title means something different in the refining and chemicals downstream organization) sits between the technical engineering organizations for a particular area of the world and the controllers/financial accounting organiza...

THD is an AMAZING place to jump start a career. You may start out as a Logistics Analyst and realize immediately you're in the right company, right department, and right team. If you don't feel that way, there are myriad departments at THD that are very easy to lateral or move up into once you'...

Supply Planning is an operations role that includes order scheduling / fulfillment, factory interface / manufacturing support, new product introduction, forecasting, and compilation / presenting metrics...in a nutshell. Planning works with almost all functional groups but reports in to finance at...

During my time at Ford Motor Company in India, I was handling the material handling operations. I was responsible for feeding right parts at the right quantity at the right time to the right place in manufacturing line. I was managing a team of fourteen people to handle the operations. Apart from...

During my time as a Field Coordinator, I was expected to be very independent. I was assigned a group of young adults to manage, which included planning daily activities and organizing a final symposium where they would present their summer research. For the final symposium the Field Coordinators ...

A Planning Advisor at ExxonMobil in the Upstream Production Company (The title means something different in the refining and chemicals downstream organization) sits between the technical engineering organizations for a particular area of the world and the controllers/financial accounting organiza...

THD is an AMAZING place to jump start a career. You may start out as a Logistics Analyst and realize immediately you're in the right company, right department, and right team. If you don't feel that way, there are myriad departments at THD that are very easy to lateral or move up into once you'...

The training program will essentially be a crash course in your upcoming role. You will attend a few "classes" held by Sr. Mgrs in other fields of Logistics to help understand the various departments of THD Supply Chain. For example, the Sr. Mgr of an LTL (Less than Truckload) team would hold a...

Most important qualities/experiences would fall under quantitative abilities. For coursework, highlight your finance and accounting to illustrate your ability to work with numbers. I would also strongly recommend the minor in Supply Chain Management that USD offers as this coursework will direc...

As with any position, day-to-day responsibilities and tasks change. Generally, one day a week will have a larger number of meetings as team members update others on their progress and the team-lead announces any relevant news or scheduling updates. Besides these meetings, you can expect most of y...

An understanding of transportation logistics (time and cost factors) and understanding of how a 3PL works, and network with the people in your team.

What i liked about FID was the pay. I made almost $17 an hour. You definitely earn your pay. Which is what i disliked about the job. It was extremely fast past job. You had a quota you had to make daily. A team quota and an individual one.