Category: Professional Development
Supply Chain Management Salary Calculator
Introduction Supply chain management has become a highly sought-after field. This is also a bit of a catch-all term. It can include procurement, transportation, and logistics, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, operations, plant management, and so much more. If your career path falls under this umbrella, then you could be in line for a lucrative promotion. But before you get too far down the path of accepting a job offer, it’s important to know your worth and to determine how to calculate your supply chain management salary. The Value of Supply Chain Sectors If you’re reading this, it means that you’ve [...]
Supply Chain AI Jobs Are Here | U.S. Hiring Research
Supply Chain AI jobs are here. View emerging AI-driven roles, job titles, and hiring trends shaping U.S. supply chain careers.
Onboarding for Impact: Optimizing the First 90 Days on the Job
The job offer is just the beginning. You need to know what questions to ask so that you can properly evaluate and negotiate your offer.
How Long Should my Resume Be?
Introduction The question a lot of people are asking right now is should my resume be one or two pages. I know, I know, people are asking A LOT of other questions as well. However, let’s make no mistake that finding a job right now is not that easy. We’re going through a period of record layoffs and unemployment. Hiring slowed dramatically in 2025 with little to no jobs added in the last 5 months of the year. Monthly job growth in 2025 was only 44,000/month, the lowest since 2020. Ok, so what does this have to do with [...]
2025 to 2026 Supply Chain Talent, Technology, and Career Outlook
The job offer is just the beginning. You need to know what questions to ask so that you can properly evaluate and negotiate your offer.
Offer Evaluation and Negotiation: Critical Guidance for Landing the Best Offer
The job offer is just the beginning. You need to know what questions to ask so that you can properly evaluate and negotiate your offer.
Master Your Supply Chain Interview: How To Impress Employers
Learn how to prepare for supply chain interviews from industry experts. Discover proven strategies to communicate your value, answer tough questions, and land the offer in this episode of the Supply Chain Career Catalyst podcast by SCM Talent Group.
Avoid the Spray-and-Pray: How to Execute a Supply Chain Job Search Strategy
Your supply chain job search strategy should involve making your job search your job. A clearly defined and planned process always wins.
Succession Planning and Onboarding Prevents a Thin Supply Chain Talent Bench
By Joshua Stack & Chris Gaffney Introduction Talent management and succession planning in the workforce have become more of an issue in a post-COVID supply chain world. As technology and artificial intelligence advance, employers must develop a talent pipeline while grappling with an aging workforce. This is clearly not your dad’s supply chain, but that doesn’t mitigate the dire need to replace the retiring Baby Boomers and their institutional knowledge. Factor in massive trade disruptions and sudden shifts in supplier relationship management tactics, and it’s a forecast that creates A LOT of headaches from a talent perspective. Labor costs [...]
Upskilling Strategic Sourcing & Procurement: Learning from China and Elevating U.S. Competencies
Introduction Procurement and Sourcing talent is one of the hottest commodities in a highly disrupted supply chain environment. Emerging technologies, geopolitical volatility, and trade wars strain the limits of existing skillsets while reducing access to once vibrant trade and sourcing partners. Without adequate upskilling and long-range forecasting skills, supply chain practices can falter and lag behind competitors. Procurement and strategic sourcing professionals have long driven success in these circles. And as Cameron Johnson highlights on a recent edition of the Bloomberg Odd Lots Podcast, companies are now asking, “How do we get talent in different areas that we need [...]
