The Professional Development Stairway has been produced for the sector following many consultations with companies across the industry, both Third Party and Own Account operators.
A major strength of logistics is that it directly underpins almost every sector in the economy. It is no exaggeration to say that UK plc depends absolutely on the efficient functioning of logistics operations.
Yet logistics also has an image problem, born partly out of the fact that it is largely an invisible and misunderstood business function, but also because it does not appear to offer a well-defined career path and framework across the whole sector. Enter the Professional Development Stairway.
The Stairway performs a number of important functions for the logistics sector:
- It is a career framework for everybody working in the sector, allowing them to see how their future can map out
- It is a framework for managers to plan which skills they need to develop in their staff at all levels in The Stairway, and identify where they need to import new skills into the team
- It offers companies of all sizes a framework or a game board on which to base a consistent and transparent programme of Continuous Professional Development which is acknowledged to be a major factor in staff retention.
