What are the responsibilities and job description for the Logistics Inventory Manager-Shepherdsville, KY 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.
The Inventory Control Manager is responsible for providing leadership for inventory activities, including physical inventory, standards setting and variance reporting and analysis. The IC Manager maintains and improves the integrity of the inventory processes and systems. The IC Manager proactively monitors key indicators, communicates and resolves problems preventing significant negative financial surprises. The Inventory Control Manager coaches all warehouse associates and encourages a culture of ownership and accountability. The IC Manager leads projects as needed to improve inventory processes and ensures up-to-date account reconciliations.
The right Candidate will have a continuous improvement mindset and a tendency towards 5S in the workplace.
How you create impact
Kuehne Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. Base wage is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. -site
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.
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.
The Inventory Control Manager is responsible for providing leadership for inventory activities, including physical inventory, standards setting and variance reporting and analysis. The IC Manager maintains and improves the integrity of the inventory processes and systems. The IC Manager proactively monitors key indicators, communicates and resolves problems preventing significant negative financial surprises. The Inventory Control Manager coaches all warehouse associates and encourages a culture of ownership and accountability. The IC Manager leads projects as needed to improve inventory processes and ensures up-to-date account reconciliations.
The right Candidate will have a continuous improvement mindset and a tendency towards 5S in the workplace.
How you create impact
- Direct and/or supervise all associates handling inventory management functions.
- Effectively manage internal inventory control processes and appropriately handle exceptions.
- Work with all department managers to identify and understand key projects, initiatives and workloads.
- Lead and direct regular efforts to verify inventory.
- Lead, facilitate, and oversee the execution of daily inventory policies, procedures, analysis and reporting to meet facility inventory metrics including scheduled velocity profile reviews, customer forecast reviews and inventory activity based slotting.
- Establish best practice inventory measures including tracking, reporting, and root cause analysis.
- Work with security to establish and adhere to loss prevention policies and procedures.
- Create efficient and accurate inventory management procedures.
- Assessment of procedures conducted to drive continues improvement and maintain best in class status.
- Reconcile inventories and coordinate annual physical inventory procedures.
- Plan and implement a recovery program to ensure all defective product is accounted for & handled properly.
- Manage inventory quality and accuracy assurance programs, including weekly and monthly reports.
- Develop a program to audit returns and move returned product to its proper location.
- Ensures Department maintains accurate records to help facilitate shortage detection.
- Develop all necessary reports and documentation to facilitate accurate inventory counts.
- Ensures all weekly and monthly reports are delivered accurately and on time.
- 5 years of experience, including two years in a supervisory role; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Inventory control experience in a distribution center or high volume 3rd party warehouse or cross-dock.
- 2 years WMS experience required. (SAP experience preferred, but not required)
- ISO 9000 related experience preferred
- Strong process documentation, procedure, and quality background.
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Establish priorities, multi-task and detail oriented.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field and/or 5 years of previous Inventory Control management experience
Kuehne Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. Base wage is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. -site
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.
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.