Distribution Managers


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Distribution Managers

Distribution Managers - Skills and Abilities

Storage and transportation managers need to:

Communicate

  • Understand written information.
  • Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
  • Understand spoken information.
  • Write clearly so other people can understand.
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  • Read and understand work-related materials.
  • Listen to others and ask questions.

Reason and Problem Solve

  • Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
  • Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Recognize the nature of a problem.
  • Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
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  • Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
  • Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
  • Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
  • Think of new ideas about a topic.
  • Identify what must be changed to reach goals.
  • Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.
  • Recognize when important changes happen or are likely to happen in a system.
  • Develop rules that group items in various ways.
  • Think of original, unusual, or creative ways to solve problems.

Use Math and Science

  • Use math skills to solve problems.
  • Choose a mathematical method or formula to solve problems.
  • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

  • Check how well one is learning or doing something.
  • Motivate, develop, and direct people as they work.
  • Manage the time of self and others.
  • Decide how to spend money to get the work done and keep track of how the money was used.
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  • Obtain needed equipment, facilities, and materials and oversee their use.

Work with People

  • Change behavior in relation to others’ actions.
  • Solve problems by bringing others together to discuss differences.
  • Persuade others to approach things differently.
  • Be aware of others’ reactions and understand the possible causes.
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  • Teach others how to do something.
  • Use several methods to learn or teach new things.
  • Look for ways to help people.
Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.