What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Specialist position at Kuehne+Nagel?
It's more than a job
As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Whether you’re leading a team, engineering processes, or driving projects, your work ensures that our customers’ products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. At Kuehne Nagel, your contribution goes far beyond the warehouse—it helps shape the flow of global trade.
This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full time basis without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.
Depending on your assigned area, you will monitor inventory accuracy, investigate causes of inventory discrepancies, conduct cycle counts or physical inventory, or use Excel to maintain complex spreadsheets. Your typical work schedule will be Monday - Friday, 2:00pm - 10:30pm, and will be paid weekly at $20.00 per hour.
How you create impact
Operate Order Picker or Cherry Picker
Reconcile inventory and coordinate inventory procedures
Implement programs to audit returns and move returned product to its proper location
Process documentation to create a prompt credit transaction
Conduct system searches to locate products
Perform weekly cycle counts and make system adjustments
Maintain accurate records to help facilitate shortage detectionInspect and correct inventory diagnostics
Work with management on implementing loss prevention programs and improving management of inventory
Work overtime and weekends when needed and perform other tasks as assigned
What we would like you to bring
High school diploma or equivalent
3 years of warehouse or 3PL experience
3 years of experience in inventory
1 years of experience operating Order Picker or Cherry Picker
1 year of experience with maintaining complex Excel spreadsheets
Can work overtime and weekendsAble to lift up to 50 pounds
What's in it for you
There has never been a better time to work in logistics. Bring your skills to an industry that offers stability and international career growth. We offer great compensation and medical/dental benefits packages, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment.
Kuehne Nagel participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.Individuals with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process may contact us by sending an email to kn.taaccommodations.com
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support portions of the recruitment process, such as reviewing application materials or assisting with scheduling. These tools analyze information to help inform decision making; however, all hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.
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.
We kindly advise that placement agencies refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles. Any submissions of candidates without prior signed agreement will be considered our property and no fees will be paid.
Kuehne Nagel is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful retaliation. Kuehne Nagel strictly prohibits all discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sexual orientation, citizenship status, protected activity (such as opposition to or reporting of prohibited discrimination or harassment. Kuehne Nagel will also make reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees, including accommodations for pregnancy and childbirth, and for the sincerely held religious beliefs of applicants and employees depending upon individual circumstances unless such accommodation would create an undue hardship on Kuehne Nagel.
As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Whether you’re leading a team, engineering processes, or driving projects, your work ensures that our customers’ products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. At Kuehne Nagel, your contribution goes far beyond the warehouse—it helps shape the flow of global trade.
This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full time basis without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.
Depending on your assigned area, you will monitor inventory accuracy, investigate causes of inventory discrepancies, conduct cycle counts or physical inventory, or use Excel to maintain complex spreadsheets. Your typical work schedule will be Monday - Friday, 2:00pm - 10:30pm, and will be paid weekly at $20.00 per hour.
How you create impact
Operate Order Picker or Cherry Picker
Reconcile inventory and coordinate inventory procedures
Implement programs to audit returns and move returned product to its proper location
Process documentation to create a prompt credit transaction
Conduct system searches to locate products
Perform weekly cycle counts and make system adjustments
Maintain accurate records to help facilitate shortage detectionInspect and correct inventory diagnostics
Work with management on implementing loss prevention programs and improving management of inventory
Work overtime and weekends when needed and perform other tasks as assigned
What we would like you to bring
High school diploma or equivalent
3 years of warehouse or 3PL experience
3 years of experience in inventory
1 years of experience operating Order Picker or Cherry Picker
1 year of experience with maintaining complex Excel spreadsheets
Can work overtime and weekendsAble to lift up to 50 pounds
What's in it for you
There has never been a better time to work in logistics. Bring your skills to an industry that offers stability and international career growth. We offer great compensation and medical/dental benefits packages, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment.
Kuehne Nagel participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.Individuals with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process may contact us by sending an email to kn.taaccommodations.com
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support portions of the recruitment process, such as reviewing application materials or assisting with scheduling. These tools analyze information to help inform decision making; however, all hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.
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.
We kindly advise that placement agencies refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles. Any submissions of candidates without prior signed agreement will be considered our property and no fees will be paid.
Kuehne Nagel is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful retaliation. Kuehne Nagel strictly prohibits all discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sexual orientation, citizenship status, protected activity (such as opposition to or reporting of prohibited discrimination or harassment. Kuehne Nagel will also make reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees, including accommodations for pregnancy and childbirth, and for the sincerely held religious beliefs of applicants and employees depending upon individual circumstances unless such accommodation would create an undue hardship on Kuehne Nagel.
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