What challenges can tomorrow’s logistics executives expect? There is nothing routine about managing a supply chain: from raw materials to manufacturers, from despatch bay to retailers, every day can and often does throw up new challenges.
Specialist logistics and supply chain recruitment consultancy BiS-Henderson knows howto match the right people to the skills that are required in vacancies as theyarise. International and business development director , Larry Woelk compares logistics to a gap year – except that the pay is better and it lasts longer than a year.
The days of ‘dust and diesel’ are over, Larry explains, adding that since business reputations are no stronger than their delivery
systems, logistics has been promoted to the boardroom by serious companies. For those with their eyes on a management career, the scope for promotion is good for the right candidates.
The reasons are simple: there is a constantly changing array of problems to solve that require co-ordinated team builders who can
communicate around the globe, even at quite junior levels. Nor is it a desk-bound career path, either: there are often opportunities for travel as part of the job, again at many levels within an organisation.
The constant challenge in an increasingly virtual world is to deliver in the real world and forge the link that keeps the customer returning to your business. The integration of the internet in our working lives has ensured that communicating around the world goes on all the time.
The skills associated with turning that interaction into deliveries that arrive on time every time are learnt through experience, the
result of investing time and effort in understanding how other people work. There is more to building teams remotely than just sending emails or texts, as Larry Woelk has known for years.
Between them, the senior team members at BiS Henderson have over 150 years of experience working in supply chain management and the public sector. Collectively, they have worked 110 man years in supply chain & logistics recruitment. So they know the skill set for every job and recognise the candidates withpotential when they see them.
This is why BiS-Henderson is asked to find logistics professionals for large corporates, from staffing whole sites to single appointments. The BiS Henderson management team intuitively knows what is required by logistics and supply chain companies and delivers accordingly.
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