We are less than two weeks away from the main meeting of logistics executives in the country, the XXII International Supply Chain Forum and Expo Logística. And during the event, ILOS usually conducts a survey among its participants to map the sector's professional profile. Last year, 91% of respondents held some leadership position, from junior management (15%), through middle management (33%), top management (24%), directors (12%), vice-presidency (3% ) to presidency (3%).
Figure 1 – The profile of the logistics professional in the Forum
Source: ILOS
As in previous editions, the audience continued to be predominantly male, representing 85% of participants in 2015. All respondents had some training, with 52% already having a postgraduate degree, 27% a master's degree and 3% a doctorate. The most representative training was engineering (53%), followed by administration (29%).
Most participants work in transport (70%) and almost half have a role related to storage (48%), material/inventory management (45%) or customer service (45%). Among the least representative functions are IT (3%) and foreign trade (6%). Finally, 24% of the participants work in demand planning, 18% in purchasing and supplies, 15% in production and 12% in consulting/training.
As you can see, most professionals have a multifunctional nature, as they work in more than one logistical role, which requires diversified technical and behavioral skills. To work in these functions, it dedicates, on average, 102 hours a year to its development with face-to-face or online training.
This year, the forum will take place between the 4th and 6th of October at the Royal Tulip Hotel, in Rio de Janeiro. You can find schedule details here. Be part of the main meeting point for Logistics executives in Brazil and enter the results of our next survey.
Beatris Huber
https://ilos.com.brManaging Partner of ILOS, Master in Business Administration from COPPEAD/UFRJ with extension at the European Business School – EBS, Germany and Business Administration from UFRJ. More than 10 years of experience in training and consulting projects, focusing on Logistics and Supply Chain. In the training area, he developed company games and online courses and today teaches classes in Data Analysis, Inventory Management, Warehousing Management, in addition to applying business games such as Beer Game in open and in-company programs in companies from different segments, such as Coca -Cola, Nestlé, ThyssenKrupp, Votorantim, Carrefour, Mallinkrodt, Souza Cruz, Via Varejo, Monsanto, Itaú, Renner, Ipiranga, among others. In consultancy, he carried out projects such as Redefinition of the Logistics Network, Inventory Management, S&OP Process Structuring and Diagnosis of Storage and Transport Operations in companies such as Coca-Cola, Souza Cruz, Editora Moderna, Petrobras, Ducoco, Ultragaz, Silimed, Eudora among others.
