The distribution flow manager — coordinating warehouse and transportation activities to keep products moving efficiently.
As a Distribution Operations Coordinator, you coordinate the operational aspects of distribution — both warehouse activities and transportation. You're ensuring orders are processed, shipments are scheduled, carriers are coordinated, and the overall distribution operation runs smoothly.
Your day spans warehouse and transportation. You might coordinate picking priorities, then schedule carrier pickups, then track shipment status, then resolve operational exceptions, then prepare operations reports. You're the coordination point that connects warehouse and transportation activities.
The hardest part is balancing warehouse and transportation priorities. Warehouse needs time to pick; transportation has carrier windows. You're constantly optimizing to maximize both throughput and carrier utilization. The people who thrive here understand both sides of distribution and can make good trade-off decisions.
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Median pay for a Distribution Operations Coordinator is about $93K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $81K to $109K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Time Management, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 3.5% through 2034, with roughly 13,810 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Distribution Operations Manager, Postal Supervisor, and Postmaster.
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