Day in the life of
Logistic Sales Manager – Dan Lysogorsky
I’m a logistic sales manager.
My responsibilities include handling intermodal daily activities for heavy equipment that has been assigned to a sales order. Once the equipment is purchased and assigned to be delivered, the responsibility becomes procuring a carrier respective to the location within the target price range and anticipated turnaround time. Furthermore, the proper transport equipment is needed for specialty jobs and at least a few years of experience.
My Typical Day
A typical day is centered around high call volumes, emails, and contracts. There are endless amounts of daily tasks to handle via communication with a team / 3rd party associates and customers. Working in front of a computer is imperative to keep track of constant time sensitive communications, another set back will be the demanding presence of having to answer the phone before or after business hours.
Pros
Some of the pros of being in logistics allows a flexible schedule of working remotely, also there is a tremendous amount of room to grow and stem off into other parts of the industry such as nationwide transport or local transport, freight forwarding, specialty hauling, heavy hauling, FLC/LCL transport, transshipments, equipment on-hire leasing, etc.
The ongoing skill sets can also prepare someone to start their own company from experience. Furthermore, certain companies offer commissions for bringing in customers or loads which could open the salary cap much higher focused on how much time and effort someone wants to put in to achieve a desired salary.
Cons
The cons is something always goes wrong, which can include weather issues, carriers calling out, limited space or trouble on the pickup site or drop site, upset truckers, machinery breaking down, missing delivery windows, dry runs, long wait times, and surprise costs and other newly developed issues. Quick thinking and leading is the only way to resolve problems that occur suddenly which offers valuable experience under high pressure scenarios opening the doors to other fields in the industry or cementing yourself in the current one.
What type of personality do you think would suit being a Logistics Sales Manager?
The best personality to suit a logistic environment would be a driving one focused on pushing forward, solving problems, not being intimidated by obstacles, rather addressing issues quickly and deriving ways to complete the task. If stress is an issue, then many parts of the front lines of logistics may not suit certain people. Stress management and problem solving is important.
