- Based on 12 Jobtrees users who were a Supply Chain Director in their career, on average, they have 5.96 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.3 years on average and earn $151K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 8% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Supply Chain Director are Purchasing Manager, Purchasing Director and Supply Chain Manager. Purchasing Manager, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. While Purchasing Manager isn't from the Operations job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Supply Chain Director shown by Supply Chain Manager also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Supply Chain Director are Materials Manager, Senior Buyer and Senior Auditor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Materials Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Supply Chain Director that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Supply Chain Director career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Supply Chain Director so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider materials manager or senior buyer as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to supply chain director. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Materials Manager isn't from the same job family as Supply Chain Director, Operations, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Senior Buyer also being a common career path to Supply Chain Director.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Supply Chain Director are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Business Administration, Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Environmental Studies, and Master Of Business Administration (m.b.a) In Business Administration - Management. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Supply Chain Director is part of the Operations job family which has a limited number of unique role types (65) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Supply Chain Director are Director, Supply Chain.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Supply Chain Director.