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Logistics, Trade and Warehousing - Jobs in this industry

Whakarite, Hokohoko, Putu Taonga

 

Tamanda Chinula talking with a sales rep at a shop counter.

A buyer talking about gourmet cheeses with a sales representative

This industry may be for you if you are interested in:
  • using sales and marketing skills to buy or sell goods
  • working with people and businesses throughout New Zealand and overseas
  • using decision-making, planning and organisational skills
  • budgeting, finance and maths
  • storing goods, and transporting them around the country and the world, including hands-on work
  • understanding relevant regulations, laws and legislation involving sales, importing, exporting, customs and insurance.

 

Skills used in this Industry

Peter Bourgeois talking on the phone in the office

Using sales and marketing skills to buy or sell goods

A purchasing officer negotiating prices for machinery parts

Dean Jensen shifting cartons

Storing and transporting goods

Furniture packers/movers pack and shift cartons of customers’ belongings

Robert Humphries writing in front of his computer with the packhouse in background.

Planning and organising skills

Warehouse and packhouse managers use computer systems to keep track of the storage and movement of goods

A quartermaster with fuel hose.

Hands-on work

An army supply quartermaster transferring fuel from tanker to truck

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Types of jobs you could do

Jobs in this industry range from hands-on to management roles where you might:
  • buy or sell goods, or run an import/export business
  • work in a warehouse or storeroom
  • organise the freight or shipping of goods from one place to another.
Click on a job title below to find out more about each job: Transporting goodsStorage and warehousingPlanning and distributionBuying and selling goods
Air Force Logistics Supply Specialist     YesYes
Army Supply Quartermaster     Yes  
Customs Broker     Yes  
Export Agent     YesYes
Exporter     Yes  
Freight ForwarderYes      
Heavy Truck DriverYes      
Importer     YesYes
Navy Logistics Administrator   YesYesYes
StevedoreYesYes    
Storeperson   Yes    
Warehouse Worker   Yes    
Warehouse/Packhouse Manager   YesYes  
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