Quickstat Air Logistics Healthcare Customer Care Supervisor

It's more than a job As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine. It's more than a job As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine. QuickSTAT is seeking an experienced and customer-focused Healthcare Customer Care Supervisor to lead our Air Logistics Customer Care team. This role is responsible for supervising daily customer service operations supporting critical healthcare and biopharmaceutical shipments, including temperature-controlled and time-sensitive transportation solutions. The successful candidate will ensure exceptional service delivery, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and team performance while supporting customers with complex healthcare logistics requirements. How you create impact Supervise and support daily Customer Care and Air Logistics Operations activities, ensuring seamless execution of time-critical healthcare shipments. Monitor shipment status, customer requests, operational dashboards, and call distribution systems to maintain service excellence and timely response. Evaluate team workloads and prioritize urgent transportation requirements, ensuring proactive management of pending tasks and service commitments. Escalate, investigate, and resolve service disruptions, shipment exceptions, and customer concerns in a timely manner. Lead, coach, mentor, and develop Customer Care team members to achieve individual and departmental performance goals. Coordinate employee schedules, breaks, and staffing coverage to support a fast-paced, 24/7 operational environment. Train and onboard new employees while supporting the development and implementation of training programs and operational best practices. Ensure compliance with company policies, quality standards, healthcare logistics regulations, GDP requirements, and customer-specific operating procedures. Support the transportation of healthcare, biopharmaceutical, clinical trial, and temperature-controlled shipments while maintaining product integrity throughout the supply chain. Apply expertise in temperature-controlled packaging solutions, monitoring devices, and cold chain transportation requirements to support customer needs. Collaborate with airlines, carriers, service providers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful shipment execution and regulatory compliance. Monitor vendor performance and compliance with QuickSTAT standards, procedures, and healthcare transportation requirements. Identify operational challenges, implement corrective actions, and recommend process improvements to enhance service quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Provide regular feedback and operational insights to management to support continuous improvement initiatives and achievement of key performance indicators. Serve as the primary escalation point for customer service and operational issues while fostering a collaborative, customer-focused, and high-performance team culture. What we would like you to bring Associate’s Degree or higher preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant industry experience will be considered. 2-5 years of experience in air freight, courier services, freight forwarding, healthcare logistics, or a related transportation environment preferred. Previous leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience within a customer service or logistics operation preferred. Experience supporting domestic and international air transportation operations. Background in healthcare, biopharmaceutical, life sciences, cold chain, or clinical trial logistics highly desirable. Knowledge of temperature-controlled shipping solutions, packaging systems, and shipment monitoring technologies preferred. Understanding of import/export procedures, transportation, warehousing, and global supply chain operations. Familiarity with GDP (Good Distribution Practice) standards and healthcare transportation compliance requirements. IATA Dangerous Goods by Air Certification preferred. Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and customer relationship management skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively across all organizational levels. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge of international and domestic airline routings, geography, and time zones. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment while maintaining a high level of professionalism. Must be flexible to work varying schedules, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call situations as business needs require. Fluency in English required; additional language skills are a plus. What's in it for you At 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. The hourly wage range for this position is between $28 and $33 per hour. 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. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to assist in specific process [e.g., screening applications, interview scheduling]. These tools analyze information to support decision-making, but final 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‑safety medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine. We kindly advise that placement agencies refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles. Any submissions of candidates without prior signed agreement will be considered our property and no fees will be paid. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Kuehne+Nagel