The logistics and transport sectors have managed to overcome the challenge of a year marked by instabilityand have managed to demonstrate their robustness and transversality in a particularly complicated context. According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, the sector reached 968,669 affiliated workers at the end of the first quarter of 2022, which is 4.6% more than the previous year, and the best figure since 2009when the current historical series begins.
All this, despite a particularly unfavorable context for the sector. The increase in energy and fuel prices caused the stoppages of numerous transport companies during the month of March. The fuel figures in Spain, reached almost 2 euros/litrewhich led numerous companies to a stoppage of activity due to the lack of profitability of the business.
However, this particular black month for the sector has not prevented the number of affiliations has increased by more than 6,600 workersconsolidating logistics and transport as one of the main sources of job creation of the country, contributing approximately 4.85% of the almost 20 million affiliates that exist in Spain.
“The fact that logistics and transport have managed to improve their figures despite the circumstances of recent months is just one more example of the importance of the sector for the economy and labor market in our country. Although the great indicator, without a doubt, were the months of confinement and the consequent paralysis of economic activity, when the sector was essential for the maintenance of other activities, preserving the supply of essential goods or medical supplies.points Noelia Lázaro, Packlink Marketing Director.
Challenges of the logistics and transport labor market
In a report presented last March, the job search portal Infojobs, pointed out that the “Purchasing, logistics and warehouse” sector has become the second category with more job vacancies in our country, only behind “Commercial and sales”. A trend that the logistics employers UNO Logística certify, noting that the number of offers available is already similar to that of sectors such as hospitality and tourismthe two traditional levers of the Spanish labor market.
In recent months, industry sources have indicated that there is a approximate deficit of 15,000 truckers only in our country. But the main challenge for the logistics and transport sector is precisely its digital transformation. The introduction of technologies such as big datathe automation wave Artificial intelligence it is already a reality in many logistics warehouses in our country.
In fact, according to data from the National Observatory of Technology and Society, a body dependent on the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, the 19% of companies of transport and storage already use the massive use of data. Hence profiles like data analysts either business intelligence experts generate more and more interest among companies in the sector.
“The digital transformation of the logistics sector is an excellent opportunity. Unlike other sectors, automation and digitization will not imply a reduction in jobs, but on the contrary, it will substantially improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector, allowing us to increase our volume of activity and business. This is already happening with other associated sectors, such as electronic commerce, which according to the latest data from the CNMC obtained a year-on-year growth of 14.8% during the third quarter of 2021, reaching 14,696 million euros. These data have led Packlink to position itself as the leading logistics platform in Europe, with increases in our number of shipments of 130%”, concludes Noelia Lázaro, Director ofe Packlink Marketing.
