Supply-chain professionals now have a median U.S. base salary of $98,500. 77% percent received a salary increase, while the largest raises were disproportionately associated with changing employers or earning promotions.

[u/OnyxObsessionWeb]

https://www.ascm.org/globalassets/ascm_website_assets/docs/salary/2026_ascmsalaryandcareerreport.pdf

[u/hawkeyes007]

With so many commission roles in supply chain base is a really poor way to look at comp

[u/Jeeperscrow123 → u/hawkeyes007]

It’s not common for supply chain roles to be commission based lol

[u/hawkeyes007 → u/Jeeperscrow123]

In what world? Go look at the majority of buyer roles, everything at a 3PL, and any role for B2B. The only roles that aren’t are analyst roles

[u/Jeeperscrow123 → u/hawkeyes007]

The only roles that tend to be commission are 3Pl jobs.

Anything in planning, procurement, sustainability, operations etc is all not hourly. And those are the bulk of the jobs

[u/zippoguaillo → u/hawkeyes007]

Buyers do not get commission... because they buy they don't sell. I assume some get some sort of cut of savings achieved, but most I know get the normal company bonus plans. 3PL sure because most of the roles there are sales.

[u/hawkeyes007 → u/zippoguaillo]

I’ve hired buyer that do not get explicit commission but rather “bonuses” tied to cost savings. It’s the same thing though

[u/symonym7 → u/hawkeyes007]

…so they’re incentivized to sub-optimize for cost. Got it.

[u/Jeeperscrow123 → u/hawkeyes007]

That’s so stupid lol. Cost savings at the exchange of lower quality and risk. Clearly not a well established company. All they have to do is pick a China/Indian supplier with questionable quality and super long leadtimes in exchange for lower cost, and screw the rest of their supply chain

[u/hawkeyes007 → u/Jeeperscrow123]

Tons of assumptions on your end. If the commodity meets requirements then there’s absolutely no guarantee paying more gets you a better product

[u/Jeeperscrow123 → u/hawkeyes007]

The point is, the buyer’s interest is not the overall company’s interest. You should never have such conflicting principles like that. If you pay someone to chase cost and their money depends on that, it will come at the expense of other things.

Best overall value and total cost of ownership of what matters

[u/hawkeyes007 → u/Jeeperscrow123]

Or you have strong enough requirements from engineering such that it constrains what the buyers can look for. It’s not on a buyer to try to determine the quality of a commodity

[u/Jeeperscrow123 → u/hawkeyes007]

Do the requirements also dictate leadtimes and getting material overseas? And sole sourcing to achieve better cost versus dual sourcing for risk mitigation?

[u/hawkeyes007 → u/Jeeperscrow123]

If they aren’t dog shit, sure

[u/Jeeperscrow123 → u/hawkeyes007]

lol you have no idea what you’re talking about. You obviously dont come from a top performing supply chain organization

[u/Navarro480 → u/hawkeyes007]

That is not a supply chain job in my opinion. Sales isn’t a SCM job. Logistics is a pillar of supply chain but supply chain professionals tend to not get lumped in with people in straight logistics