What are the responsibilities and job description for the Logistics Senior Operations Manager 1st shift position at Kuehne+Nagel?
It's more than a job
Step into a leadership role with Kuehne Nagel as a Senior Operations Manager in Southhaven, where your expertise will drive world-class logistics performance. In this role, you’ll lead high-impact warehouse and distribution operations, inspire teams, and optimize processes that keep global supply chains moving. Join a trusted, innovative logistics leader that invests in your growth, values operational excellence, and empowers you to make a real difference.
Drive seamless, end‑to‑end distribution operations by expertly planning and scheduling receiving, storage, sequencing, delivery to production, maintenance, and administrative activities—ensuring customer expectations are consistently exceeded with efficiency and precision. The shift hours are Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
“The right Candidate will have a continuous improvement mindset and a tendency towards 5S in the workplace.”
How you create impact
Lead day-to-day warehouse and distribution operations to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective use of facilities, labor, and equipmentPlan and coordinate all distribution activities, including receiving, storage, sequencing, and delivery, to meet customer and production requirements
Forecast labor and resource needs based on production plans and partner with leadership to define operational goals and improvements
Oversee space utilization, inventory control, and product locator systems to maintain accuracy, service levels, and cost standards
Direct and develop supervisory teams while enforcing safety, housekeeping, and equipment utilization standards
Ensure timely order fulfillment, smooth product flow with customers, and accurate operational reporting
What we would like you to bring
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.
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.
Thisposition relates to an available role and not a future talent pool.
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.
Step into a leadership role with Kuehne Nagel as a Senior Operations Manager in Southhaven, where your expertise will drive world-class logistics performance. In this role, you’ll lead high-impact warehouse and distribution operations, inspire teams, and optimize processes that keep global supply chains moving. Join a trusted, innovative logistics leader that invests in your growth, values operational excellence, and empowers you to make a real difference.
Drive seamless, end‑to‑end distribution operations by expertly planning and scheduling receiving, storage, sequencing, delivery to production, maintenance, and administrative activities—ensuring customer expectations are consistently exceeded with efficiency and precision. The shift hours are Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
“The right Candidate will have a continuous improvement mindset and a tendency towards 5S in the workplace.”
How you create impact
Lead day-to-day warehouse and distribution operations to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective use of facilities, labor, and equipmentPlan and coordinate all distribution activities, including receiving, storage, sequencing, and delivery, to meet customer and production requirements
Forecast labor and resource needs based on production plans and partner with leadership to define operational goals and improvements
Oversee space utilization, inventory control, and product locator systems to maintain accuracy, service levels, and cost standards
Direct and develop supervisory teams while enforcing safety, housekeeping, and equipment utilization standards
Ensure timely order fulfillment, smooth product flow with customers, and accurate operational reporting
What we would like you to bring
- High School or Technical degree required
- bachelor’s degree in business discipline or logistics preferred
- 5 years of management experience in a faced-paced warehouse/production logistics environment.
- 2 years’ experience in an automated warehouse environment, working knowledge of WMS technologies(SAP, Manhattan)
- 5 years in leadership and supervising the work of subordinates.
- Material handling equipment and personal computers with good working knowledge of MS Office Suite.
- Very organized / Methodical
- Critical / Analytic / Objective
- Approachable
- Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure environment
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.
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.
Thisposition relates to an available role and not a future talent pool.
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.