Area Sea Logistics Manager

Kuehne & Nagel Logistics, Inc. Chicago , IL 60602

Posted 7 days ago

Are you thinking about advancing your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel, we are looking for a new Area Sea Logistics Manager to join our team in the central region.

Your Role

The Regional Sea Freight Manager will be responsible for growth, profitability and service delivery of the sea/ocean freight product within the region.

Your Responsibilities

  • Ensure that operation procedures are properly fulfilled

  • Aligns resources planning to overall business plans

  • Ensure all relevant/applicable KPI's set are met

  • Develops sales concepts and rates for major tenders

  • Leads new business implementations in region

  • Ensure key account maintenance - relationship management, presentations, meetings

  • Nurture and grow working relationships with key overseas partners

  • Ensure region compliance with common goals/initiatives

  • Coordinate monthly department (regional) meetings to verify goal attainment; department productivity; quality goals and others during monthly management meetings

  • Participate in sea freight recruitment and selection processes

  • Responsible for staff's overall training/cross training needs

  • Work with L&D on employee's development plan

  • Ensure QSHE guidelines and procedures are followed

  • Ensure Billing status report accuracy

  • Comply with P/L targets on monthly basis

  • Visit and Maintain existing Customers to support local/regional sales team

  • Support Sales by providing competitive rates for new customers

  • Create value propositions to deal with customers' challenges and opportunities

  • Value propositions to client/sales

  • Escalation and support role for local Fs's in all areas - local branch, regionally and nationally

Your Skills and Experiences

  • Bachelors Degree preferred

  • 5 - 10 years industry experience

  • Proficiency in planning, staffing, and budgeting

  • Proven track record in developing effective relationships and providing leadership

  • Effective communications skills - written and verbal

  • Ability to establish priorities and multi-task

  • Possess professional business demeanor

  • Proficient with Microsoft platform

  • Travel domestic and international

Good Reasons to Join

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 a great compensation and medical/dental benefits package, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment. #LI-Onsite NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES Please note that Kuehne+Nagel does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, KN will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, KN explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kuehne+Nagel.


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