DISPATCHThe Talent
Shortage
No One's
Talking About
Supply Chain & Logistics Careers · Weekly
Est. 2024 · Published Every Thursday · 4,200+ Subscribers
Marcus Webb
Editor, Dispatch
"I spent eleven years moving freight before I started writing about it."
Three warehouses. Two 3PLs. One failed startup that taught me more than the MBAs ever could. When I couldn't find a newsletter that spoke to people who actually worked the dock floor — not just read about it — I built one.
Dispatch goes out every Thursday morning. It tracks real openings — the ones with salary ranges that make sense, at companies that aren't just warehouse-washing their brand. It profiles people who made moves: lateral, vertical, and sometimes sideways in the best possible way. And it reads the hiring data so you don't have to.
Four thousand supply chain professionals open it before their second coffee. I'd like you to be one of them.
— Marcus
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This Week's Manifest
Fourteen roles curated this week. Four made the cut. Salaries shown. No black holes.
Senior Supply Chain Manager
Maersk · Houston, TX (Hybrid)
Overseeing North American container routing for one of the three ports that matter.
Logistics Coordinator
XPO Logistics · Chicago, IL
The coordinator role that actually teaches you how LTL works end-to-end.
Procurement Specialist
Caterpillar Inc. · Peoria, IL (On-site)
Category management across $400M in indirect spend. Real scope, real exposure.
Director of Operations
Flexport · Remote (US)
Building the ops playbook for their fastest-growing lane.
Priya Nair
Warehouse Associate → Supply Chain Analyst · 14 months
"I'd been pulling picks for three years. I knew the floor better than my manager. I just needed someone to tell me the path existed."
Priya found the role through Issue #31 — a mid-market 3PL in Nashville looking for an analyst who understood warehouse reality, not just spreadsheets. She got the job in six weeks. Salary jump: $24,000.
Issue #47 has three roles that aren't posted anywhere else. Thursday morning.
The Numbers Behind the Shortage
Every issue includes a data pull. Here's what the freight industry looks like right now.
47%
of supply chain roles go unfilled for 60+ days
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Q4 2025
3.2×
more logistics coordinator postings vs. qualified applicants
LinkedIn Workforce Report, Jan 2026
$31K
average salary bump when changing companies vs. internal promotion
Dispatch subscriber survey, n=612
Last-Mile is Bleeding Talent
Turnover in last-mile delivery ops hit 38% in 2025. Companies are now paying retention bonuses to coordinators — a role they were underpaying by $18K just two years ago.
Nearshoring Creates New Roles
Mexico-corridor freight volumes up 62% YoY. Procurement and customs compliance roles are the fastest-growing segment in our reader job searches.
Analytics Skills Double Your Options
Roles requiring Power BI or SQL pay $22K more on average. Most supply chain professionals have the data — they just haven't learned to surface it.
Issue #47 breaks down the Q1 2026 hiring freeze — and the three sectors quietly still adding headcount.
From the Field
I've tried three logistics newsletters. Dispatch is the only one that actually shows salaries. That alone is worth it.
Derek Osei
Operations Manager, DHL · Atlanta, GA
Found my current role in Issue #38. The coordinator position wasn't posted anywhere else — I got the offer before it went public.
Camille Tran
Logistics Coordinator, Echo Global · Chicago, IL
Marcus writes like someone who's actually loaded a truck. The industry context you get in every issue is impossible to find elsewhere.
James Kowalski
Procurement Lead, Cargill · Minneapolis, MN
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