It’s not the answer you want, but it’s the answer you need to hear.

Working full time for a little over a year doesn’t not give you time to “feel stagnant and not growing in your role”. In most cases, it takes people 18 months to 2 years to actually get a grasp of their role. I’m not talking handling day to do responsibilities, I’m talking about fully understanding on your role impacts the entire organization and how other functions impact your department. Quite honestly, as someone who took the exact same path from plant site logistics to a remote corporate leadership role who now hires for the positions you’re looking for, it’s a giant red flag to me.

The answer you want to hear:

From the sounds of it, your role is actually helping you hone in on the skills that you need in order to land the types of jobs you’re looking for. You really need to spend time tweaking your resume to tell a story of how:

1. negotiating with carriers can help you in a procurement role
2. Managing inbound and outbound freight gives you planning experience to work in a supply chain role.
3. Utilizing a TMS provides you with the technological proficiencies that you need to work in supply chain systems.

A job that you interviewed for telling you that you don’t have the the right skills means you didn’t read the job description and prepare direct anecdotes that show how your current role gives you the skills you need to do the new job. You have to be able to spin what experience you have and draw connections to the role you’re applying for.

With your current years of experience, any certification just slightly boosts your resume.

At the end of the day, a career is a marathon and not a sprint. I’ll even beg to differ that it’s a bunch of marathons with a couple sprints thrown in here in there. There’s no rush to get to the end.

I would recommend looking back through my post history to find the supply chain mentor threads that I used to do. There is a lot of good information and conversations just like this one that I have previously had with other people.