Job prospects Warehouse Supervisor in Manitoba
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Job opportunities in Manitoba

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

Limited

The employment outlook will be Limited for supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations (NOC 12013) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
  • A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
  • There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
  • Demand for this occupation is driven by conditions in wholesale trade, manufacturing, and the transportation and warehousing sectors, which are currently tariff exposed and subject to economic cycles.
  • Key trends for this occupation are the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to forecast and optimize scheduling and inventory, automation for repetitive tasks (autonomous mobile robots and robotic process automation), as well as using connected sensors for real-time tracking, and blockchain for digital and transparent transactions.
  • The province's geographic location and infrastructure, such as Winnipeg's trimodal CentrePort, gives it strategic advantage as a logistics hub in the supply chain.

Here are some key facts about supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations in Manitoba:

  • Approximately 2,550 people work in this occupation.
  • Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 24%
    • Truck transportation (NAICS 484): 13%
    • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 12%
    • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 11%
    • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 10%
  • 86% of supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations work all year, while 14% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
  • Less than 5% of supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
  • The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
    • Men: 78% compared to 53% for all occupations
    • Women: 22% compared to 47% for all occupations
  • The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
    • no high school diploma: 12% compared to 12% for all occupations
    • high school diploma or equivalent: 51% compared to 31% for all occupations
    • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 12% for all occupations
    • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 11% compared to 17% for all occupations
    • bachelor's degree: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
    • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Interlake Region Moderate
North Central Region Limited
North Region Undetermined
Parklands Region Undetermined
South Central Region Limited
Southeast Region Undetermined
Southwest Region Undetermined
Winnipeg Region Limited

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Labour Market Information Survey
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