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Are you a true leader with a strong sense of responsibility?
Do you want to work in sales and marketing and have a stable career within a company?
Find out more about the role of a Supply Chain Manager, their responsibilities and the training courses available.

Do you want to move into a position of great responsibility in sales and marketing? That’s exactly what the Supply Chain Manager does. Your main task as Supply Chain Manager is to guarantee customer satisfaction by ensuring the quality of the products they receive. At the same time, you ensure that all the steps taken and the results achieved are in line with the general policy of the company to which you are providing your services.

To succeed in your role as Supply Chain Manager, you will have to carry out many other tasks, including :

  • implementing a flow management policy;
  • advise on improving the evolution of the supply chain;
  • managing and taking stock inventories ;
  • identify consumer needs;
  • keeping a technical and technological watch ;
  • forecast sales over the long term;
  • negotiating with suppliers and other collaborators ;
  • ensure that operations run smoothly, particularly from a legal point of view;
  • organise and coordinate the entire service.

from procurement to production and/or distribution.

As a Supply Chain Manager, you are a versatile professional, capable of managing and coordinating the entire logistics flow. Not only do you deal with management, executives and other professionals in the field, but you also work closely with customers to ensure their satisfaction.

The job of Supply Chain Manager is one of great responsibility. As a Supply Chain Manager, you’ll have to manage a whole team, so you’ll need to be versatile and good at interpersonal relations. Your negotiating skills will often be put to the test. What’s more, you’ll need to be strategic, meticulous and rigorous, and have a good grasp of flow management techniques.

The supply chain manager profession is very popular with students and professionals alike, not least because of the professional and financial stability it offers. If you go for it, you can be sure that you’ll always be in work, because it’s a job that’s constantly recruiting, given its importance within a company.

Secondly, it’s a job that requires you to be in contact with different personalities from the world of commerce and marketing. As a Supply Chain Manager, you’ll be exposed to a wide range of opportunities. It also offers excellent prospects for career development. On this page, you can find out about other career opportunities in the international field.

Becoming a supply chain manager is a fairly well-paid job. When you start out, you can earn between €45,000 and €60,000 a year. With time and experience, you can even earn up to €90,000 a year, or even more. This is a career that can evolve, and one day you could become Operations Director or Supply Chain Director.

To become a Supply Chain Manager, you can join our business school specialising in Marketing or International Trade. Among the specialisations we offer at INSEEC, you can, for example, choose to do :

If you want to gain experience more quickly and be up and running as soon as you finish your course, a sandwich course is also an ideal option. To see more of the options available, you can always go to our website and consult our FAQ section.

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