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Moves goods from supplier to shelf - procurement, warehousing, transport and distribution.
Plans and manages how goods move from supplier to warehouse to customer - procurement, inventory, transport scheduling and distribution - for retailers, manufacturers, logistics companies, mines and ports. It’s a more operational, practical route into this world than an Industrial Engineering degree (which focuses on designing and optimising the underlying systems) or a general Business degree (which stays broader) - and a major employer given how much of South Africa’s economy depends on moving minerals, agricultural goods and retail stock.
This is our general description of the role and related jobs, not from an official source – it’s here to give you a fuller picture, not as a careers-counselling guarantee.
This is our general guidance about which school subjects suit this career. It is not an admission requirement and not from an official source – the real requirements are on the degrees below.
2 degrees at 2 universities. More are added as we verify them.
TUT APS 24 points
Recommended: commercial subjects. Closes 30 September 2026. From TUT’s 2027 First-Year Course Information and General Information PDFs. Applications opened 1 April 2026 (fee R240).
Source: View the official page (tut.ac.za) (opens the official page) · 2027 intake
VUT APS 20 points
A TVET N3-N6 certificate is also an accepted alternative entry route. Found via web search surfacing VUT’s own faculty pages, same lower confidence tier as the Analytical Chemistry row above. From VUT’s 2027 Undergraduate Minimum Admission Requirements PDF. Academic applications close 30 September 2026 (residences 31 October 2026); fee R110.
Source: View the official page (vut.ac.za) (opens the official page) · 2027 intake
Put your subjects in once and we’ll check them against every degree above – scored each university’s own way.