Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship
Supply Chain & Logistics Manager
सप्लाई चेन और लॉजिस्टिक्स मैनेजर
Makes sure products and materials move from suppliers to factories, warehouses and customers on time and at the right cost.
See when you could start working, and what it could payWhat people in India report they earn
See supply chain manager salaries shared by employees: Glassdoor India(opens in a new tab) · Indeed India(opens in a new tab).
These figures are self-reported on those sites and aren't checked by Edukrish. Pay varies a lot by city, employer and experience.
- Class 11–12 stream
- Open to any stream
- Key subjects
- Mathematics, Business Studies, Economics
- Often valued in this work
- Leadership & recognition, Earning potential, Stability
What the work looks like
- Planning demand, stock and deliveries
- Working with suppliers, transporters and warehouses
- Tracking delays and costs and fixing bottlenecks
The realities
Operational, problem-solving work where disruptions need quick decisions. Roles span manufacturing, retail, e-commerce and logistics companies.
The usual route in India
A degree in engineering, commerce or business, then often an MBA or PG diploma in operations or supply chain management. Many start as logistics, procurement or planning executives.
Entrance exams and tests
- JEE Main (for engineering) — dates and details
- CUET-UG — dates and details
- IPMAT — dates and details
- CAT (for MBA) — dates and details
Linked exams open their official dates and sources.
Other ways in
Many start in operations, logistics or purchasing roles after any degree and move up; a diploma in logistics also helps.
Colleges with courses for this career
From courses we've collected from official college websites. Not a ranking, and not every college that offers it.
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Integrated Programme in Management
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
MBA-FABM
- Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
PGPEX-VLM
- Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
B.Tech Mining Engineering + MBA Logistics & SCM (IIM Mumbai)
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Industrial Engg. And Operations Research
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
B.Tech Production and Industrial Engineering
- University of Hyderabad
M.B.A.
- Vellore Institute of Technology
B.Com. (Business Process Management)
Sources and checks
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Quick answers
- How long does it take to become a supply chain & logistics manager in India?
- On the usual route (Engineering degree + MBA (Operations)), about 6 years after Class 12. A student in Class 12 in 2026–27 could start working around 2033; a student in Class 8 around 2037. A preparation year, a master's or a repeated year moves this later.
- How much does a supply chain & logistics manager earn?
- Edukrish doesn't publish an India salary figure for this career yet, because reliable occupation-level data that can be reused doesn't exist publicly. In the United States, median pay for transportation, storage, and distribution managers was $107,230 a year in 2025; the lowest-paid 10% earned under $65,120 and the top 10% over $194,900 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
- Will AI take over the work of a supply chain & logistics manager?
- The ILO's 2025 index of generative-AI exposure says this occupation group ("Supply, distribution and related managers") has minimal exposure: of its 12 typical tasks, 12 have low exposure; none is highly exposed. Exposure measures what the technology could do today, not job losses; it usually changes which tasks people spend time on.
Your future as a supply chain & logistics manager
When you could start working, what the work could look like by then, and what it could pay.
Pay data for
- You could start working
- 2035in about 9 years · as supply chain / operations management trainee
- Pay in India
- We show India pay only where there's an official public figure, such as government pay scales. This career doesn't have one yet.
Your pay over the career
Shown only where reliable data exists.
No reliable pay data for India yet
- India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.
Your path from today
Four-year engineering degree, then an MBA or PG diploma in operations or supply chain management.
Today
Class 10 · 2026–27
Finish Class 12
May 2029
B.Tech / B.E.
Aug 2029 – Jun 2033
MBA / PGDM (Operations or Supply Chain)
Jul 2033 – May 2035
First role: Supply chain / operations management trainee
Jun 2035
Growing in the role
2040 (5 years in)
Senior roles, for some
2045+ (10 years in)
A plan, not a promise: a repeated year, a break or a change of course moves these dates.
How the career can grow
Illustrative steps; the years vary by employer and person. Many people stay at a specialist level by choice.
Logistics / planning executive
Often 0–2 years in · from about 2035
Learns the work on real projects, with close guidance.
Supply chain analyst or specialist
Often 3–5 years in · from about 2038
Owns pieces of work end to end and needs less supervision.
Supply chain manager
Often 6–9 years in · from about 2041
Handles complex work, sets direction for a project and guides newer colleagues.
Senior manager or head of logistics
Often 10–14 years in · from about 2045
Leads larger areas or teams, or becomes the go-to expert in a specialism.
Head of supply chain
Often 15+ years in · from about 2050
Shapes strategy for a department or organisation. Only some people reach this level.
Demand and how the work may change
Official US outlook, 2025–2035
Employment growth: Faster than average (5% to 6%) · about 18,300 openings a year.
There's no reliable job-postings data for India yet, so these signals come from the US.
Exposure to generative AI (ILO, 2025)
Limited exposure: generative AI can help with some tasks; most still rely on people.
- Very low
- Low
- Medium
- High
How many of the 12 typical tasks of “supply, distribution and related managers” current generative AI could technically do. Exposure is not the same as job loss: it often changes which tasks people spend their time on. By 2035 the tools will be different again, so treat this as direction, not a forecast.
Who hires people in this career
- Banks and investment firms
- Audit, tax and consulting firms
- Consumer and industrial companies
- Start-ups
- Your own business
Kinds of employers today, written by our team. We name companies only with dated hiring evidence, and never suggest a company will be hiring in 2035.
How we work this out: sources, assumptions and limits
Why “no reliable pay data yet”
- India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.
Timeline assumptions
- Today is in the 2026–27 school year (April to March).
- One class per year, with no repeated year.
- Class 12 results arrive around May; college intakes start on the months shown.
- Admission in the first year you apply.
- Courses take their standard length; a failed year or a break adds time.
- The first job starts about a month after the last stage ends.
Sources
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. US public domain.
- Employment Projections 2025–35 — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. US public domain.
- Generative AI and jobs: refined global index of occupational exposure — International Labour Organization (Working Paper 140, 2025). CC BY 4.0.
- Social Security Trustees Report 2025 (economic assumptions) — US Social Security Administration. US public domain.
- Flexible inflation target, April 2026 – March 2031 — Government of India / Reserve Bank of India. Official government publication (facts).
- Average hourly earnings by industry and CPI (back-test data) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). US public domain (BLS data).
- PLFS unit-level data (2025 calendar year) — MoSPI (microdata.gov.in). GSDD 2026: free for non-commercial use; commercial use needs MoSPI authorisation and a fee.
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