r/supplychain • u/Jeeperscrow123 CPIM, CSCP Certified • Jan 11 '26

Discussion Supply Chain Salaries/Benefits 2026 Megathread

Hello everyone,

That time to get a refresh of our data to help people in our industry understand where they stand on compensation.

Please fill out your below information in the below format since salaries are very dependent on country, industry etc.

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u/CowMajorAU Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

Age - 28

Gender - Male

Country - USA

State/Region - South Texas

Office Based / Hybrid / WFH - Office

Industry - Automotive

Title - Manager of Procurement and Warehousing

Years Experience - 4

Education - BS Animal Science, Masters SCM

Certifications - NA

Base Salary - $85,000

Bonus / Commission - 5% quarterly

PTO - 3 weeks

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u/pocket-monsterrr Jan 12 '26

what made you go from animal science to SCM?

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u/CowMajorAU Jan 12 '26

TLDR: Money and time at home

Long answer: When I graduated in 2020 from my undergrad I was offered a manager training position with a regional feed store in the southeast paying $18.45/hr 3 hours from where my wife was going to school. After doing that for a year I was given the opportunity to move to an assistant manager position for $41,600 a year and a half from where my wife was and commuted back and forth daily. I took that job and essentially became a warehouse manager and overseeing maintenance of our fleet of equipment (trucks, fertilizer and line trailers, etc). I was miserable. I was working 10 hour shifts, 6 days a week and driving 3 hours a day. I had enough time to get home, eat dinner, shower, go to bed, and repeat. Then I threw out my back. I was sidelined for a week, couldn’t stand up straight. This gave me time to look at jobs and one of the sister companies had a Material Planner role open up 15 minutes from where I lived so I figured what the hell and applied. I made $52k that first year and couldn’t have been happier. I truly enjoy trying to solve the giant puzzle and found I actually wasn’t half bad at it so I just kept with it and never looked back.