Logistics Coordinator job description
289 verified openings in Inventory & Logistics
Three quarters of the logisticians in O*NET's education survey reported a bachelor's degree, which is the biggest gap between this job and the floor it plans for. Logisticians analyze and coordinate a supply chain across its whole life, from acquisition and inbound freight through storage and internal allocation to delivery and final disposal. Coordinator titles usually sit at the operational end of it: booking carriers, tracking loads, working exceptions, keeping shipping and customs documents in order, and reporting cost and service back to the business. BLS counted 255,100 logisticians in 2025; May 2025 median pay came to $82,320, or $39.58 an hour, from $50,890 at the tenth percentile to $133,160 at the ninetieth.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
Relationship work comes first: keeping business relationships healthy with the customer's key people, understanding what those customers need and acting on it, and reviewing logistics performance against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements. Under that sits the operational core, directing the availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished product, managing subcontractors and reviewing their proposals, and redesigning how goods move to raise value and cut cost. Proposals, estimates, and task priorities round it out.
Common Skills and Technologies
Critical Thinking is the one skill on this board that O*NET rates a perfect 4.0, with reading, speaking, monitoring, and coordination just under it. The software list is the longest of any role here: SAP and Microsoft Dynamics for ERP, Microsoft Project and Oracle Primavera for scheduling, SQL, SQL Server, and Access for the data, Visio for process mapping, and Excel underneath all of it.
Education, Training, and Career Path
Job Zone Four, considerable preparation: a four-year degree plus several years of related work. Manufacturing employs 22 percent of the occupation, professional and technical services 15 percent, and the federal government 14 percent, so the job looks different depending on which of the three you enter through. The step up is logistics analyst, supply chain manager, or transportation, storage, and distribution manager work, where the median is $107,230.
Sources: O*NET 30.0, 13-1081.00 Logisticians, https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/13-1081.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, 13-1081, https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, Logisticians, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/logisticians.htm.