Supply Chain Management
Choosing Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management (SCM) is an exciting and all-encompassing business field that includes planning, managing, and coordinating all of the activities from sourcing raw materials needed for production to delivering the final product to the end customer. The competitive landscape requires supply chains to compete against other supply chains. This change has resulted in strong current and future job opportunities in supply chain management.
Since March 2020, the Supply Chain field has been featured prominently in the news. In fact, two of our faculty members have been appeared on the news recently. Dr. Jason Woldt appeared on Fox 11 News on February 26, 2020, to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on small businesses in Northeast Wisconsin:
https://fox11online.com/news/local/coronavirus-impacting-small-businesses-in-northeast-wisconsin
Dr. Ryan Skiver appeared on Fox 11 News on September 21, 2021, to discuss possible shortages for the holiday shopping season based on supply chain disruptions:
Why choose SCM at UWO?
- One of the highest starting salaries for College of Business graduates
- Great job placement and flexible career options (scroll down below to view the wide variety of entry-level positions and a list of some of the companies that hire our graduates)
- Professors/advisors who are life-long mentors (Dr. Mike Godfrey, Dr. Ryan Skiver, Dr. Jason Woldt)
- Courses based on the needs of supply chain departments in the real-world (left click on the “Supply Chain Management Major” link in the upper-right to view our courses)
- SCM graduates will tell you that the SCM department and employers value diversity (check out our Graduate Profiles below).
If you need additional information, send an email to Dr. Mike Godfrey, Department Chair, at godfrey@uwosh.edu
SCM Entry-level positions for our graduates
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Supply Chain Analyst |
Buyer |
Procurement Analyst |
Warehouse Supervisor |
Production Scheduler |
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Production Planner |
Logistics Coordinator |
Transportation Planner |
Transportation Supervisor |
Inventory Control Analyst |
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Materials Specialist |
Raw Material Planner |
Customer Service Analyst |
Pricing Analyst |
Quality Analyst |
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Fulfillment Analyst |
Manufacturing Supervisor |
Team Leader |
Team Coordinator |
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Area employers of our graduates
Fox Valley Area: Oshkosh Corporation, Kimberly-Clark, Mercury Marine, Bemis, Menasha Corp., Plexus, Warehouse Specialists Inc., ArcBest, Pacon, Alliance Laundry, Appvion, Pepsi, Expera
Green Bay Area: Georgia Pacific, Schreiber Foods, KBX Logistics, Bellin Health, Schneider
Lakeshore Area: Kohler Corporation
Madison Area: First Supply, Spectrum Brands
Milwaukee Area: Harley-Davidson, Komatsu, MillerCoors, GE Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, Froedert Health
Minneapolis Area: Target Corporation
Southern Wisconsin Area: Frito-Lay
2019 Bachelor’s degree salary by major
Median nationwide salaries for select business majors are shown below:
| Accounting | $57,250 |
| Business Administration/Management | $55,500 |
| Economics | $58,448 |
| Finance | $57,750 |
| Human Resources | $54,000 |
| Logistics/Supply Chain | $58,896 |
| Management Information Systems | $62,350 |
| Marketing | $55,000 |
Source: Winter 2019 Salary Survey, National Association of Colleges and Employers (p. 9)