Plan, direct, and coordinate the storage and distribution operations within an organization or the activities of organizations that are engaged in storing and distributing materials and products.

• Dispatcher, Chief I
• Dispatcher, Chief II
• Import-Export Agent
• Manager, Bulk Plant
• Manager, Telegraph Office
• Manager, Warehouse
• Operations Manager
• Superintendent, Ammunition Storage
• Superintendent, Compressor Stations
• Superintendent, Distribution II
• Superintendent, Measurement
• Superintendent, Pipelines
• Superintendent, Water-And-Sewer Systems
• Supervisor, Sewer System
• Supervisor, Waterworks

• Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers' accounts.
• Arrange for necessary shipping documentation, and contact customs officials to effect release of shipments.
• Arrange for storage facilities when required.
• Confer with department heads to coordinate warehouse activities, such as production, sales, records control, and purchasing.
• Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products or materials.
• Develop and implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation or structural design.
• Evaluate freight costs and the inventory costs associated with transit times to ensure that costs are appropriate.
• Evaluate locations for new warehouses and distribution networks to determine their potential usefulness.
• Examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.
• Examine products or materials to estimate quantities or weight and type of container required for storage or transport.
• Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets and equipment, and order testing, maintenance, repair, or replacement as necessary.
• Interview, select, and train warehouse and supervisory personnel.
• Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
• Negotiate with carriers, warehouse operators and insurance company representatives for services and preferential rates.
• Participate in setting transportation and service rates.
• Plan, develop, and implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
• Prepare and manage departmental budgets.
• Prepare or direct preparation of correspondence, reports, and operations, maintenance, and safety manuals.
• Respond to customers' or shippers' questions and complaints regarding storage and distribution services.
• Review invoices, work orders, consumption reports, and demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and to issue work assignments.
• Schedule and monitor air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of products or materials.
• Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
• Track and trace goods while they are en route to their destinations, expediting orders when necessary.

• adhere to safety procedures
• analyze operational or management reports or records
• analyze organizational operating practices or procedures
• answer customer or public inquiries
• arrange delivery schedules
• assign work to staff or employees
• call on customers to solicit new business
• communicate technical information
• conduct or attend staff meetings
• confer with other departmental heads to coordinate activities
• develop maintenance schedules
• develop policies, procedures, methods, or standards
• develop safety regulations
• direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
• ensure compliance with government regulations
• evaluate information from employment interviews
• evaluate performance of employees or contract personnel
• examine documents for completeness, accuracy, or conformance to standards
• hire, discharge, transfer, or promote workers
• inspect products or systems for regulatory compliance
• inspect property to determine damages
• interview job applicants
• investigate customer complaints
• maintain safe work environment
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• monitor facilities or equipment
• negotiate business contracts
• orient new employees
• oversee execution of organizational or program policies
• prepare reports
• provide customer service
• purchase property management or maintenance equipment or supplies
• resolve customer or public complaints
• schedule air or surface pickup, delivery, or distribution of product
• schedule facility or property maintenance
• schedule work to meet deadlines
• use conflict resolution techniques
• use negotiation techniques
• use oral or written communication techniques
• use weighing or measuring devices in transportation
• write administrative procedures services manual
• write business correspondence