Global Air Logistics Vertical Implementation Manager (m/f/d/)

Na Kuehne+Nagel, buscamos um Global Air Logistics Vertical Implementation Manager (f/m/d) para liderar projetos estratégicos que impulsionam a transformação em nossa rede global. Se você se destaca em transformar desafios complexos em planos acionáveis, conduzir equipes multifuncionais e entregar resultados de alto impacto para clientes de grande relevância, esta é a sua chance de fazer a diferença em um cenário internacional.

It's more than a job

When you work in Freight Logistics and Operations at Kuehne+Nagel, you play a key role in optimising processes and ensuring that inventory and shipments move efficiently. But that is not all. Your work also helps ensure that vital medicines reach patients on time and supports other essential deliveries, from wind turbines to semiconductors. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

How you create impact

• Lead project definition, scope, and objectives by collaborating with stakeholders. Create detailed plans, including timelines, resource and risk management.
• Guide teams, ensuring alignment with goals. Monitor progress, address deviations, and maintain proactive issue resolution.
• Allocate and secure resources, collaborating with functional managers for expertise and success.
• Build strong relationships, communicate status, be transparent and highlight opportunities effectively.
• Ensure deliverables meet Kuehne+Nagel and ISO 21205 standards, conduct evaluations, and suggest and implement improvements.
• Collaborate closely with the stakeholders of the assigned PMO vertical within the Sales and BU Air organization to develop and lead strategic internal projects to further grow the success of vertical specific implementation management.
• Identify and mitigate risks, manage scope changes professionally for successful integration.
• Serve as a patient mentor, coaching, sharing best practices, fostering learning, and guiding junior managers on the assigned vertical requirements.

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in operations, including at least 3 years of air freight forwarding (sea freight experience may be considered).
• Proven track record of minimum 5 years as a Project/Program Manager, successfully delivering complex global projects within a business vertical.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple senior-level stakeholders.
• Proven experience in cross-functional collaboration, working effectively with diverse teams across commercial, operational, and technical functions.
• Proficiency in project management tools and software; PMP, PMI, or Prince2 certification is a plus (flexibility on formal training).
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with resilience and professionalism under pressure, and the ability to work autonomously.
• Fluent English required; additional languages are a plus.

What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel, you get to grow your expertise, shape processes and deliver innovative solutions. We are continuously building our local and global network and our product portfolio, creating career opportunities in different fields of work worldwide. As a leader in the logistics industry, we provide a collaborative and IT-driven environment where you will work with motivated and customer-centric colleagues across the world.