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Area Air Logistics Manager

Washington, DC, United States | Supply Chain Management | Vollzeit | req122864

Are you ready for a new and exciting leadership opportunity with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne Nagel, our Washington is looking for a new Area Air Logistics Manager to join our Air Logistics team.

Your Role

We are seeking a results-driven Area Air Logistics Manager to lead key operations, drive growth, and enhance collaboration across branches. In this role, you will implement clear communication strategies, streamline processes, and ensure alignment with Kuehne Nagel’s business goals. You will oversee gross profit growth, market pricing strategy, and third-party provider management while ensuring service levels exceed customer expectations. Additionally, you will drive team culture transformation, focusing on engagement, operational discipline, and execution excellence. With responsibility for key performance metrics and compliance, this position offers a high-impact opportunity for an experienced leader ready to deliver measurable results.

Your Responsibilities

Responsible for clear communication strategies across the area in regards to their respective branches / departments
Identifies, recommends, and implements new processes, technologies, and systems to improve and streamline

organizational processes

Ensures that departmental decisions and project plans such as those for staffing, development, organization, material

efficiency, and facilities are in line with the organizations business plan and vision.

Reviews and approves cost-control reports, cost estimates, and staffing requirements for special projects.

Transform and develop a team culture consistent with Kuehne Nagel values; recognized for engagement, executional

excellence, safe practices and process-honoring behaviors.

Responsible for managing Customer relationship together with the Sales organization and KN branches and ensuring

that service levels meet and exceed expectations.

Responsible to implement / monitor metrics and KPI's; participates in quarterly business reviews as required

Responsible for growth of gross profit and NPII. Determines and implements market pricing strategy

Adheres to and complies with all health & safety, quality, security, environmental, legal and regulatory requirements;

company policies and procedures;

Support and coach the team to seek best negotiation and selection of a vast range of third-party providers for

transportation aligning with the strategic growth of the business.

Directing and managing external providers to achieve scorecard / metric expectations will require significant time to ensure accountability and meet continuous improvement cost / service expectations.

Your Skills and Experiences

Minimum 8 years’ experience in Air logistics

BS / BA degree in Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain or related field from an accredited college / university; MBA or

MA / MS in supply chain is a plus

Management skills : Ability to involve and coordinate internal and external resources, as well as delegate and supervise

Broad View : Has a broad understanding of the organization : strategy, structure, actions and how their aligned.

Adaptive : Manages to adapt her management methods to the dynamic and constantly changing environment of KN, has

fast-paces and flexible management capabilities. Able to successfully steer her team through change.

Strong Communicator : Has the ability to adapt her messages and form of communication to communicate effectively with different ranks and personas.

Networker : Uses her network in order to accomplish her goals. Able to navigate internal politics and harness relevant

organizational functions.

Technological Orientation : Open to learning and adopting new technologies to make work more efficient. Able to learn and work with new technologies.

Customer-centric : Dedicates resources to understand what her customers think. Identifies the link between client needs and KN products. Knows how to design tailor-made solution to clients, from their perspective.

Motivates others : Understands what motivates and drives her team members. Gives credit and recognition to other team

members.

Mentor : Serves as a mentor for her employees; makes sure each team member has the resources to work independently.

Allows time for learning, trial and error, and improvement.

Good Reasons to Join

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 target salary range for this position is between $150,000.00 and $180,000.00. Base salary 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-TW

Salary : $150,000 - $180,000

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