How to become a Supply Chain Manager
Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 供应链管理师
Uses supply chain technology and management methods to coordinate a product's whole journey from design, purchasing and production to sales and service, and controls the cost of the whole supply chain.
Main tasks
- Carrying out sales and operations plans, managing stock and balancing supply and demand
- Setting purchasing strategy and bringing together and evaluating suppliers
- Choosing sites for production and service facilities and planning their layout
- Designing and managing transport networks and coordinating warehouse planning and operations
- Using supply chain platforms to manage customers, suppliers, internal processes and transactions and keep costs under control
- Assessing and improving the supply chain with performance management tools and methods
- Giving technical advice and services on supply chains
Ways in
- University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Logistics Management and Engineering (1206); Public Administration (1204); Business Administration (1202); majors such as Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Traffic Management, Procurement Management, Logistics Engineering, Business Administration. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
- Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Port Logistics Management (530806). Vocational major 530806 Port Logistics Management (港口物流管理), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Logistics Management; Multimodal Transport Organisation and Management.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Supply Chain Operations (530810). Vocational major 530810 Supply Chain Operations (供应链运营), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Supply Chain Operations; Supply Chain Data Analysis; Logistics Management.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Industrial Engineering Technology (260105). Vocational major 260105 Industrial Engineering Technology (工业工程技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Intelligent Manufacturing Production Management and Control; Intelligent Manufacturing Shop Floor Data Collection and Applications; Mechanical Engineering Drawing.
Pay · AI and this job
- Median pay in China: CN¥63,600 a year (2025).
- Middle half: CN¥47,800 to CN¥89,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥36,000 and one in ten more than CN¥121,300.
- This is the figure for the mid group Transport, Warehousing, Logistics and Postal Services Workers, not for this job alone.
- National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
- Guangzhou only: median CN¥114,441 a year (2025), middle half CN¥97,277 to CN¥177,080.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Who does this work
- The census group Transport, Warehousing, Logistics and Postal Services Workers holds 6.05% of everyone employed in China; 14.2% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
- 32.9% are under 35, 58.1% are 35 to 54 and 9% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 40 to 44.
- Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Supply Chain Manager?
Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Port Logistics Management (530806); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Supply Chain Operations (530810).
How much does a Supply Chain Manager earn in China?
Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥63,600 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Transport, Warehousing, Logistics and Postal Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥114,441 a year (2025).
Will AI change the work of a Supply Chain Manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
- Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation, National Bureau of Statistics: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China, 2022 edition (public consultation draft) (2022 public consultation draft (1,636 occupations; final edition 1,639)), retrieved 4 October 2026
Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.
Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.
Updated 5 October 2026