What are the responsibilities and job description for the National Logistics IT Project Manager 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.
Ready to be at the forefront of transformation? As a Logistics IT Project Manager, you will be part of a team where you'll lead high-visibility client implementations and system migrations, bringing together talented project teams to deliver successful outcomes. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, excel at stakeholder management, and enjoy turning complex challenges into seamless solutions, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
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.
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.
This position 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.
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.
Ready to be at the forefront of transformation? As a Logistics IT Project Manager, you will be part of a team where you'll lead high-visibility client implementations and system migrations, bringing together talented project teams to deliver successful outcomes. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, excel at stakeholder management, and enjoy turning complex challenges into seamless solutions, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
How you create impact
- Lead and coordinate IT resources for customer implementations, strategic initiatives, and organizational change projects.
- Serve as IT sub-project lead on large customer onboarding initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall project objectives.
- Manage external partners and vendors, overseeing delivery, costs, and compliance with statements of work (SOWs).
- Gather and validate customer requirements, partnering with Solutions Engineering and IT teams to develop solution designs and system integration plans.
- Oversee project execution, including testing, training, deployment, implementation, support, risk management, scope control, and change management.
- Act as the primary IT liaison for Customer Onboarding, Engineering, and Operations, managing stakeholder communications, project budgets, and customer change requests.
- Degree in Logistics, Engineering, or Business Management preferred
- 5 years of project management experience leading WMS system implementation projects required, experience with JDA/BY or Manhattan an advantage.
- Experience in a 3PL environment highly desirable
- PMP certification or similar desired
- Technical experience with WMS systems desired
- Ability to travel 30% during project execution, depending on project phase.
- Proven ability to manage large system implementation teams including external resources.
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills.
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.
This position 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.