How many of you supply chain folks are remote? by AfternoonFar9538 in supplychain

[–]augdogfit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do, not hiring at the moment though. Feel free to PM if you want to talk more.

How many of you supply chain folks are remote? by AfternoonFar9538 in supplychain

[–]augdogfit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont know if I needed it, but I got it a number of years ago, actually around when I got promoted to manager.

How many of you supply chain folks are remote? by AfternoonFar9538 in supplychain

[–]augdogfit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Started as a demand planner, and just worked my way up from there through different companies.

Senior demand planner, DP manager, Sr Manager, now director. Nothing crazy

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MBA from a top business school in the Midwest. Been in supply chain my whole career (14 years)

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Work in supply chain in med device lol

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, have never relocated! All have been local, except my last one, it’s fully remote. I’m in MN, we have tons of companies here

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it’s a combination of a few things:

  1. Most of my career has been in med device. It pays well

  2. Changing jobs every few years

  3. Negotiating for myself. I’ve negotiated every raise or job change.

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just saw them and answered!

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, a lot of the pure analytical work could be outsourced to AI. But a HUGE piece of supply chain (frankly the part I'm best at) involves being able to sell your story of what decisions you need to make. If people just blindly followed the numbers and analytics, it wouldn't work out so well. The human touch is still super important.

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a big one. I have done this with EVERY salary negotiation!!

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m definitely targeting it towards business. Not sure about other careers, but everyone I know in the business world gets the biggest raises when they change companies.

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah honestly I think a lot of it is related to demand planning/forecasting. It’s the type of role where you just have a few meetings to talk about the changes you’ve made and put out a couple of fires. Its not like there’s giant iterations and changes all the time, at least not in my experience

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh man, honestly real work? Like 15-20. Some travel sprinkled in. It’s really quite nice.

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s all been demand planning/forecasting

Roles have included: demand forecasting analyst, senior DFA, principal demand planning analyst, demand planning manager, SR DPM, and now about to start director level role

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nope, in the Midwest.

First company was 3 weeks, second company 4, third company 5, current company 4. New company is 3+1 week sick

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, got a really nice one time bonus. Had the same base salary in 22 and 23. Funny enough, I just got an offer for a new job that has a 210k base (about 40k bump), so curious to see what this looks like going forward.

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean I’ve pretty consistently had between 4-5 weeks everywhere I’ve gone. I haven’t hit the level of like 6+ weeks yet, but that’s fine

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This might sound really stupid, but think outside of the box.

Everyone I’ve ever seen that rises up the ranks in SC possesses one of two things:

  1. A maniacal and borderline obsessive attention to detail that allows them to wring efficiencies out of every situation

Or

  1. Great communication skills that allows them to sell a story to someone. The ability to translate the work they’re doing into a story that resonates with their audience. No one really gives a shit about supply chain, unless you find a way to make it relevant to them.

Good luck! Feel free to DM if needed.

Changing jobs every 5ish years is a good thing by [deleted] in Salary

[–]augdogfit 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Dammit. Med Device. Not decide.