Many companies still hire for 2015-era supply chain roles focused on cost savings. Listen to the interview questions: if they ask about savings you delivered, it's a legacy cost-center job. If they ask how you handled unforeseen events, they want someone who manages enterprise risk like tariffs and supplier collapse.
Most companies are hiring for a supply chain job that stopped existing years ago. Here is how you spot it. Listen to the interview questions. If they ask what savings you delivered, they're hiring a 2015 operator. If they ask how you handled something nobody saw coming, they have caught up. The role moved from running flows to carrying enterprise risk. Tariffs, geopolitics, supplier collapse, one function, but the job spec still says cost, service, inventory, companies give the leader the role they advert for. Join us at chain.net and become a GS CC member today for more resources and insights on supply chain management and career.
