Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Any administrator should excel at:

• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates, as well as communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
• Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization, and getting them to work together to accomplish tasks by encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.

• Training shipping department personnel in roles or responsibilities regarding global logistics strategies.
• Maintaining metrics, reports, processing documentation, customer service logs, or training or safety records.
• Recommending purchasing of new or improved technology, such as automated systems.
• Implementing specific customer requirements, such as internal reporting or customized transportation metrics.
• Resolving problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues.
• Developing risk management programs for ensuring continuity of supplies in emergency scenarios.
• Planning or implementing improvements to internal or external logistics systems or processes.
• Recommending optimal transportation modes, routing, equipment, or frequency.
• Participating in carrier management processes, such as selection, qualification, or performance evaluation.
• Negotiating transportation rates or services.
• Monitoring product import or export processes for ensuring compliance with regulatory or legal requirements.