National WMS Specialist

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.

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This role is the technical and strategic interface between IT and regional operations and clients, as it relates to the client deployment, user training, system configuration, process improvement, and service and support of WMS (warehouse management systems) and related applications.  

How you create impact

• Workorder / ticket management for new client requests/functionality
• Initial depot/warehouse and client setup and configuration
• Testing for both unit (development) and user (UAT) scenarios
• Training of LSU and Key operational users to support subsequent training
• Identify / recommend / deploy process changes to drive operational process improvements
• Post implementation (hyper care) support (2nd level) for local/regional site operational
• Incident Management and support issues via incident management system
• Local super user development and training
• Administer and maintain process documentation for operational usage
• Support regression testing of new releases against current requirements
• Support new development/functionality testing as released/require

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer science or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Experience of 2-5 years of SwiftLOG/ JDA/ Blue Yonder / or other WMS environments
• 1+ years of experience within a warehouse environment
• Experience with hyper care or implementation support
• Functional understanding of WMS data model, data elements and tables, and flow through the system 
• Knowledge of local customer requirements as it relates to system configuration options and usage
• Ability to mesh customer requirements and system capabilities to drive improvements into local operational processes (order management, inventory, receiving, and shipping)

What's in it for you

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. #LI- onsite

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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.

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.

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