Half of Spain's logistics companies can't fill their digital jobs due to talent shortages

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

Two out of every three companies (66%) in the logistics sector are immersed in a digital transformation process, while 27% have not yet started this process, and only 11% do not plan to start it.

This is highlighted by the 4th Employment Trends and Logistics Talent Report, prepared by the Logistics Forum in collaboration with ManpowerGroup, according to which this sector continues to grow and remains one of the important engines of economic development both nationally (8% of GDP) as European, but it faces the important challenge of its digital transformation.

The digitalization and implementation of new evolutionary technologies that improve their processes has become a key factor for the development of the sector, especially with regard to small businesses. Thus, for most companies, the competencies necessary for the digital transformation of the sector are digital leadership and strategy, on the one hand, and technological and data infrastructure, on the other.

However, the mismatch of talent remains the greatest difficulty when facing its digital transformation, since 50% of companies do not have digital positions covered because they do not find profiles with the required conditions, a problem accompanied by ignorance of the benefits and advantages of digitalization and the resistance to change.

The most demanded digital profiles in the logistics sector are logistics software engineers, digital transformation managers, app developers, web programmers, systems architects and big data technicians for the supply chain.

On the other hand, the profiles with the greatest coverage difficulty in the sector are blockchain specialists, logistics software engineers and systems architects.

Difficulties in finding the right talent are not exclusive to the logistics sector. According to the latest ManpowerGroup Talent Shortage study, 45% of managers globally, say they don't find the talent they need.

Against this background, to be able to successfully face digital transformation, organizations will have to invest in training and development - that is, to encourage the curiosity and learning capacity of their professionals or learnability.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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