Supply-Chain Management: The New B-School Must-Have

One of the hottest tickets in B-school these days isn’t consulting jobs or investment banking positions but a job that wasn’t on your average MBA’s radar just a few years ago: supply-chain management. Thanks to advanced technology, a global marketplace, and increased competition, undergraduates and MBAs who have specialized skills in supply-chain management are at an advantage in the job market, say experts. According to a study by the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics, nearly 200,000 U.S. supply-chain jobs will go unfilled each year through 2018 for lack of qualified talent.

“Our clients are always hiring talent in supply-chain management,” says Allan Krul, principal in the supply-chain and manufacturing operations practice at Deloitte Consulting in Atlanta. “Consulting and industry are all at business schools looking for the same kind of talent.”