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Stephen Keating, Sysco Logistics Associate Apprenticeship
Stephen Keating is the Transport Supervisor at Sysco Ireland, a former graduate of the Logistics Associate Apprenticeship and the winner of the Apprenticeship Best Work-based Project award in 2021 who is sharing the story of his career journey and explaining what makes working in the industry so exciting.
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Working Life
- Liaise with transportation companies to create good working relationships.
- Prepare invoices for orders and deliveries as part of record keeping measures and evidence of transactions.
- Ensure compliance with customs duties, controls, tariff, international conventions, and agreements.
- Keep records of all shipping activities, documenting procedures, guidelines, and changes in procedures for reference purposes.
- Create a safe working environment by adhering to safety measures to prevent accident and complications that may arise during work.
Key Skills
You will develop the ability to
- use information systems and personal computers.
- apply management techniques to measure performance and make recommendations to improve business performance.
- be aware of the changing needs of their customers and how to adopt to these changes.
- apply best practice techniques to a range of logistical contexts and situations.
- work as part of a team.
- recognise the advantages and disadvantages that alternative distribution/warehousing configurations can provide.
- develop a range of technical and managerial approaches.
Qualities -
- Personal ethics
- Professionalism/integrity
- Personal management/commitment
- Problem solving
- Lateral/critical/systematic thinking
- Analytical capabilities
- Innovation and creativity
- Good communication skills
- Word processing and presentation tools
- Working knowledge of descriptive statistics and how to use Excel to present statistical information
- Preparation and presentation of reports
- How to be an effective team member
Gain specialised knowledge across a variety of areas:
- The supply chain with particular focus on the modes of distribution including, road, air, and sea.
- The role of supply chain management in relation to the overall business improvement process.
- Logistics and supply chain management (specifically inventory management, purchasing, warehouse management, outsourcing, quality management, information systems, transport management and planning, global logistics, customs and international trade)
- The importance of customer service for logistics and supply chain and implementing its effective management.
- Management (communications, accounting, planning)
- Information systems in a logistics context and the essentials of ICT (as applied in the logistics industry and focused on data collection [exchange and manipulation], e-business, and e-commerce in the World Wide Web).
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, the Logistics Associate will have the following skills and qualities:
- Personal ethics.
- Professionalism/integrity.
- Personal management/commitment.
- Problem solving.
- Lateral/critical/systematic thinking.
- Analytical capabilities.
- Innovation and creativity.
- Good communication skills.
- Word processing and presentation tools.
- Working knowledge of descriptive statistics and how to use Excel to present statistical information.
- Preparation and presentation of reports.
- Understanding of how to be an effective team member.
- Understanding the competencies required in an international trade and customs environment.
- Review the role and function of customs in an era of changing international trade, globalisation, and the EU single market.
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Interests - Logistics Associate/Logistician
This occupation is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Administrative
Administrative people are interested in work that offers security and a sense of being part of a larger process. They may be at their most productive under supervisors who give clear guidelines and while performing routine tasks in a methodical and reliable way.
They tend to enjoy clerical and most forms of office work, where they perform essential administrative duties. They often form the backbone of large and small organisations alike. They may enjoy being in charge of office filing systems, and using computers and other office equipment to keep things running smoothly. They usually like routine work hours and prefer comfortable indoor workplaces.
Entry / Progression - Logistics Associate/Logistician
Pay & Salary - Logistics Associate/Logistician
* The lower figures typically reflect starting salaries. Higher salaries are awarded to those with greater experience and responsibility. Positions in Dublin sometimes command higher salaries.
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