Behind the floor
Retail Logistics Manager
Moves stock between suppliers, warehouses and stores on time and at a defensible cost.
- Ladder position
- Rung 3
- Experience
- 3–6 years
- Annual band
- Not publishedAORE states no range
01Pay
What it is worth
Annual band
AORE has not published a salary range for this role, and none is estimated here. What the job board advertised
Highest advertised
No listing for this rung is currently on the AORE board.
02The work
What the job actually involves
- Plan transportation, routing and delivery schedules
- Manage transporters and third-party logistics providers
- Control freight cost and monitor on-time delivery
- Coordinate inbound flow from suppliers and outbound to stores
- Handle reverse logistics, returns and damages
- Maintain documentation and regulatory compliance for movement
03The route
How to get there
Graduate in any stream.
Start as a logistics coordinator or executive and learn how a consignment actually moves.
Take a diploma or advanced diploma in logistics and supply chain management.
Learn freight costing well enough to challenge a transporter's invoice.
Build a record on on-time delivery and cost per consignment.
04Eligibility
What employers ask for
Graduate in any stream. Typically 3–6 years in logistics or distribution.
05Skills
What matters, and why
- Route and mode planning
- The cheapest mode and the right mode are rarely the same.
- Transporter management
- Service level is a relationship as much as a contract.
- Freight costing
- Freight is a controllable cost that quietly grows if nobody watches it.
- Reverse logistics
- Returns are the most expensive movement in the chain.
- Documentation and compliance
- A held consignment is a stockout with paperwork.
06Progression
Where this sits on the ladder
Retail promotes from within more reliably than most sectors. This is the route in and the route on.
You are here
Also arrives from
Logistics Coordinator · Logistics Executive
And can lead to
Senior Logistics Manager · Distribution Manager · Supply Chain Manager
07Training
Courses that get you here
- Diploma · 6 monthsDiploma in Logistics & Supply Chain ManagementSix months across procurement, inventory control, warehousing, transportation and demand planning, with the ERP and Excel work that runs them. The standard route for graduates entering supply chain without prior experience.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Diploma · 6 monthsDiploma in Retail & LogisticsSix months across both sides of the handover: store operations and merchandising on one side, distribution, transport and replenishment on the other. Built for people who will sit between the store and the warehouse and be judged on whether stock arrives when it should.₹53,100+ GST₹62,658 all-infrom ₹5,222/mo
- Advanced Diploma · 11 months · fast track 4.5 monthsAdvanced Diploma in SCM, Warehouse & Inventory ManagementThe twelve-module flagship, and the most detailed curriculum AORE publishes: from procurement and strategic sourcing through warehouse management systems, transportation, demand forecasting, network design, retail-specific SCM, ERP and digital transformation, international logistics and green logistics, closing with a capstone project. Prepares candidates for CSCP and CLTD, and credits transfer from the certificate and diploma levels.₹76,700+ GST₹90,506 all-infrom ₹7,543/mo
08Hiring now