250+ Operations & Supply Chain Jobs in Columbus, OH

Observed local posting pay centers on about $75k to $98k for salaried roles and about $18 to $21 / hour for hourly roles in Columbus. Ohio new openings in this category average about $82,196, versus about $73,909 across all Ohio openings, which suggests a real category premium without making Columbus a top-pay outlier. Older BLS metro benchmarks show higher pay for management subroles, including $108,750 for transportation, storage, and distribution managers and $141,660 for purchasing managers, but those metro figures are from 2023. An estimated August 2026 salary page put a typical Columbus operations manager around $62,500 with a $45,000-$78,000 range, which is better treated as a narrow title proxy than a category-wide benchmark.

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Advertised pay

Across the 143 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $67,500 at the 25th percentile, $80,000 at the median and $112,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Columbus is a balanced-to-favorable market for operations, supply chain and logistics over the next 3-6 months: metro unemployment was 3.2% in July 2026, while Ohio-wide operations, supply chain & logistics employment was up 1.7% year over year and postings were up 6.9% in August 2026 according to Revelio Public Labor Statistics. Local opportunity is broad rather than dependent on one company; more than 3,400 postings appeared across more than 1,000 companies in the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented. The catch is that this is mostly an on-site, execution-heavy market, so it works best for candidates who can show inventory, warehouse, freight, or procurement results rather than only general management language.

Best positioned: Candidates with recent on-site experience in retail distribution, warehouse operations, freight coordination, or procurement support have the best odds, especially if they can show inventory management, safety compliance, and basic analytics or ERP fluency.

Main caution: Do not assume this is mainly a manager market or a hybrid market; about 60% of postings are entry-level, and about 95% are on-site.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 272 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. DHL Group: 22 open roles
2. J.P. Morgan SE: 11 open roles
3. Ryder System, Inc.: 11 open roles
4. ODW Logistics, Inc: 8 open roles
5. Penske Logistics: 6 open roles
6. Hims, Inc.: 5 open roles
7. Maersk Line Limited: 5 open roles
8. Performance Team: 5 open roles
9. Babylist: 4 open roles
10. DSV: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Columbus: 100
• Groveport: 44
• Lockbourne: 21
• New Albany: 16
• Westerville: 14
• Dublin: 9
• Etna: 9
• Reynoldsburg: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 231 (87%), hybrid 20 (8%), remote 15 (6%)

Where the demand is

Columbus opportunity is concentrated in physical movement of goods, not abstract strategy work. We observed more than 3,400 postings across more than 1,000 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The heaviest demand sits in retail at about 40% of postings, followed by logistics at about 15%, transportation at about 15%, manufacturing at about 10%, and healthcare at about 5%. That mix matches the metro's real base. Transportation and material moving occupations accounted for 10.7% of total employment in May 2025, and production, planning, and expediting clerks employed 3,390 people with a mean annual wage of $60,980. Local leaders also used the August 2026 Ohio Conference on Freight in Columbus to focus on freight movement and multimodal logistics, which is a reminder that freight planning and carrier coordination are strategic locally, not niche. An emerging pocket sits near the data-center build-out. Data center-related listings rose to over 10% of local postings by mid-2026, which can spill over into materials handling, vendor coordination, and site operations demand even when the job title is not labeled supply chain.

• Retail distribution and warehouse operations (high): This is the biggest pool in the local sample at about 40% of postings, and it overweights inventory management, safety compliance, forklift operation, and warehouse execution skills.
• 3PL, freight, and transportation networks (high): Logistics and transportation together account for about 30% of local postings, with active employers including DHL Group, Ryder System, Inc., and DSV. Columbus's August freight conference reinforces carrier, freight, and multimodal coordination as a local strength.
• Manufacturing and healthcare supply chain support (moderate): Manufacturing is about 10% and healthcare about 5% of local postings, the metro has 3,390 production, planning, and expediting clerks, and the broader region includes employers such as Cardinal Health.

Where to focus: If you need a job fastest, focus on on-site retail distribution and 3PL roles first. If you already have planning or procurement experience, run a second search track for the smaller-volume but better-paid manager and buyer paths.

Roles worth searching next

• Quality coordinator / quality assurance specialist: Local demand includes safety compliance, quality control, and manufacturing employers, so this is a natural bridge for warehouse or production-support candidates.
• Order management / customer operations specialist: Customer service and Microsoft Office show up in local operations postings, so people with order flow, returns, or fulfillment support experience can cross into office-based support work more easily than jumping straight to manager titles.
• Data center facilities coordinator: Data center-related listings rose to over 10% of local postings by mid-2026, so physical site operations tied to vendors, materials, and uptime are an emerging adjacent lane in Columbus.
• Business/data analyst for operations reporting: Supply chain employers increasingly need analytics, ERP, and AI-assisted decision support, which creates a bridge toward analyst roles in data and operations support.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in local postings, showing up in about 30% of the sample. Who: Everyone in this category, especially warehouse, coordinator, and planner candidates.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 15% of local postings and is a gatekeeper for warehouse and distribution work. Who: Entry-level applicants, shift leads, and career switchers from retail or manufacturing.
• Forklift operation (table_stakes | immediate): It also shows up in about 15% of local postings, especially in warehouse-heavy openings. Who: Candidates targeting receiving, shipping, replenishment, or warehouse roles.
• Excel and Tableau (differentiator | near-term): Data analysis and visualization using tools like Tableau and Excel are described as essential for supply chain professionals in 2026. Who: Mid-career candidates and switchers trying to move from floor execution into planning or analyst work.
• ERP software proficiency (differentiator | near-term): ERP proficiency is listed among top 2026 supply chain skills and helps candidates move from execution into planning and coordination roles. Who: Buyers, planners, coordinators, and anyone targeting promotion out of pure warehouse work.
• Freight planning and multimodal logistics coordination (premium | near-term): Local freight leadership events in Columbus emphasize freight planning, multimodal coordination, and regional supply chain strategy. Who: Transportation, 3PL, carrier-management, and public-sector logistics candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles pay in Columbus, OH?

Observed local posting pay centers on about $75k to $98k for salaried roles and about $18 to $21 / hour for hourly roles in Columbus. Ohio new openings in this category average about $82,196, versus about $73,909 across all Ohio openings, which suggests a real category premium without making Columbus a top-pay outlier. Older BLS metro benchmarks show higher pay for management subroles, including $108,750 for transportation, storage, and distribution managers and $141,660 for purchasing managers, but those metro figures are from 2023. An estimated August 2026 salary page put a typical Columbus operations manager around $62,500 with a $45,000-$78,000 range, which is better treated as a narrow title proxy than a category-wide benchmark. This usually means Columbus offers workable pay rather than flashy pay. The metro cost-of-living index is 91.4, or 8.6% below the national baseline, so mid-band local offers can stretch further than the same nominal pay in pricier metros.

Where is demand for Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Columbus, OH concentrated?

Columbus opportunity is concentrated in physical movement of goods, not abstract strategy work. We observed more than 3,400 postings across more than 1,000 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The heaviest demand sits in retail at about 40% of postings, followed by logistics at about 15%, transportation at about 15%, manufacturing at about 10%, and healthcare at about 5%. That mix matches the metro's real base. Transportation and material moving occupations accounted for 10.7% of total employment in May 2025, and production, planning, and expediting clerks employed 3,390 people with a mean annual wage of $60,980. Local leaders also used the August 2026 Ohio Conference on Freight in Columbus to focus on freight movement and multimodal logistics, which is a reminder that freight planning and carrier coordination are strategic locally, not niche. An emerging pocket sits near the data-center build-out. Data center-related listings rose to over 10% of local postings by mid-2026, which can spill over into materials handling, vendor coordination, and site operations demand even when the job title is not labeled supply chain.

Which employers are hiring the most Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics talent in Columbus, OH?

Recent postings show the most activity from DHL Group (more than 100 postings), Ryder System, Inc. (more than 100 postings), O'Reilly Auto Parts (more than 50 postings), Walmart Inc. (more than 50 postings), DSV (more than 50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

How current are these listings?

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