Operations
Supply Chain & Operations
Make physical and digital operations actually work: planning, suppliers, inventory, and throughput.
What you'd actually do
- Forecast demand, then reconcile it against real capacity.
- Work a supplier or carrier through a bottleneck this week.
- Redesign a workflow and measure the throughput change.
- Report on cost, service level, and inventory health.
Common job titles
Entry level
- Supply Chain Analyst
- Operations Analyst
- Logistics Coordinator
Mid-level
- Supply Chain Manager
- Operations Manager
- Demand Planner
Senior
- Director of Operations
- Head of Supply Chain
- VP Operations
Broad U.S. compensation context
Entry level
$68K–$95K
Mid-career
$100K–$140K
Senior
$160K+
Varies by level, location, company, and date; use as directional context.
Common employers
AmazonTeslaDeltaTargetFlexportAtlassianShopifySpotify
Core skills
Demand and capacity planningExcel and SQLVendor and carrier managementProcess mappingInventory fundamentalsRoot-cause troubleshooting
Common backgrounds
- Industrial engineering or supply chain degree programs
- Business degrees with operations coursework
- Warehouse, retail, or military logistics experience
- Analysts moving from finance or data into operations
What success looks like
- They fix the constraint rather than reporting on it.
- They're trusted by both the floor and the finance team.
- Their process still works when volume doubles.
Career path
- Analyst
- Senior Analyst
- Manager
- Director
- VP Operations
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