KUEHNE NAGEL ★ 4.1

It's more than a job

When you work in Freight Logistics and Operations at Kuehne+Nagel, you play a key role in optimising processes and ensuring that inventory and shipments move efficiently. But that is not all. Your work also helps ensure that vital medicines reach patients on time and supports other essential deliveries, from wind turbines to semiconductors. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

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At Kuehne+Nagel, we strive to be the best company to work for and with. In this role, your day will be dynamic—analyzing market trends to capture new opportunities, driving business development to win customers, collaborating with pricing and BD teams, and building strong relationships with people, customers, and carrier partners to ensure sustainable growth.

How you create impact

You will focus on developing + diversifying business in line with financial + volume targets. You will do this by working with a variety of internal + external stakeholders while focusing on the following key objectives:

• To own, monitor + drive all sales activities for (i.e. prepare quotation) customers within your control, ensuring prospects are identified, qualified + nurtured through the sales pipeline so as to close profitable + sustainable customer deals.
• To align your sales efforts with Customer Care Location (CCL) Managers, Pricing + Sea Logistics Business Development teams, including pricing decisions.
• To monitor competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing + products.
• To report customer feedback to the CCL team, supporting resolutions as required.
• To align with CCL colleagues when onboarding new customers.
• To maintain + update the most relevant customer information in internal systems.
• To regularly review customer portfolios with the CCL Managers + team.
• To focus on customer engagement, satisfaction, retention + reactivation through high levels of service quality in close collaboration with the CCL.
  
  

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Import/Export, Logistics, or related fields.
• Minimum 5 years of sales experience in Freight Forwarding, Sea Logistics exposure is required.
• Solid knowledge of foreign trade, import/export processes, customs regulations.
• Proven ability to achieve sales targets with a strong customer-focused mindset.
• Strong communication, negotiation, problem-solving, time management skills.
• Well-organized, disciplined, able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good command of English.
• An open mindset and ability to learn quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to support and guide junior team members, experience acting as a senior or backup lead is an advantage.
  
  

What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel, you’ll be part of a global logistics leader that believes in creating real impact—on business, on customers, and on careers. Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Global Exposure: Step into a world of international opportunities with a presence in 100+ countries.
• People-Centric Culture: Join a team where your voice matters and people genuinely care.
• Learning & Development: Grow with us—personally and professionally—through world-class training and career pathways.
• Innovation & Sustainability: Be part of a future-focused company driving real change in logistics and the planet.
• Rewards & Recognition: Get rewarded for your passion, performance, and potential.
• Stability with Agility: Enjoy the best of both worlds—a trusted global brand with a startup spirit.
  
  

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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