LALogistics Analyst
LA
Career

Logistics Analyst

By the numbers
Typical pay
$82,320 / yr
Education to start
Bachelor's degree
Future demand
+16.7% by 2034
People in this job
251K
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The work
A day, hour by hour
08:00
Data triage

Pull overnight shipment reports; flag delays, errors, and missing entries.

08:30
Team standup

Quick sync on active projects, blockers, and any urgent supply chain fires.

08:50
Data cleaning

Scrub messy freight data in SQL — fix duplicates, nulls, and mismatched fields.

10:00
Route analysis

Model two delivery route options; cheaper vs. more reliable — pick one to recommend.

11:30
Vendor scorecard

Score three carriers on on-time rate and cost; one is slipping — flag it now.

13:00
Inventory review

Check stock levels against demand forecast; two SKUs are dangerously low.

14:00
Dashboard build

Update the weekly supply chain performance dashboard before the leadership meeting.

15:15
Stakeholder briefing

Walk leadership through findings — simplify the charts until the action is obvious.

16:30
Demand forecast

Run next month's inventory forecast; adjust for an upcoming promotional spike.

Things you do
  • Dig into shipping and inventory data to find where money is being wasted.
  • Map out delivery routes and redesign them to be faster and cheaper.
  • Track inventory levels and flag when stock is too high or dangerously low.
  • Build dashboards and reports that show supply chain performance at a glance.
  • Investigate why a shipment was late and figure out how to prevent it next time.
Decisions you’ll make
  • Is this data anomaly a real supply chain problem, or just dirty data?
  • Should I recommend the cheaper route, or the more reliable one?
  • Are our inventory levels actually too high, or is demand about to spike?
  • Should I flag this vendor's performance issues now, or wait for more data?
  • Is my analysis clear enough for leadership to act on, or do I need to simplify it?
Education Pathways · how you get there
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