New partnership targets 300 supply chain jobs

CareerEdge Funders Collaborative in Manatee County and St. Petersburg College have formed a workforce-training partnership aimed at supply chain management jobs.

The partnership, TDL Tampa Bay, targets the region's growing transportation, distribution and logistics workforce, according to a release. The program will serve employers and workers throughout the Tampa region, with emphasis on
Manatee, Sarasota, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. The area forecasts a 13.8% growth in transportation, distribution and logistics jobs by 2021, the release adds.

This is the first time SPC, which offers a supply chain management academic program, and CareerEdge, based at State College of Florida in Manatee County, have teamed up to provide workforce training. CareerEdge is a partnership of business, government and philanthropic organizations that utilizes public and private dollars to run workforce training and other job-related programs.