National Logistics Customer Onboarding Senior Project Manager

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It's more than a job
As a Senior Project Manager at Kuehne+Nagel, you will manage the Design and Launch projects from end-to-end for our customers. By doing so with precision, you not only contribute to the success of your team, but also to the day-to-day success in the warehouse and distribution centres. At Kuehne+Nagel, our work truly contributes to more than we imagine.


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The National Logistics Customer Onboarding Senior Project Manager will be responsible to project manage the customer onboarding / implementation of standard projects that may include an amount of lite automation in a new or existing building.


How You Create Impact

• The day to day running of the project, and to be the main point of contact for the customer throughout the project.
• Leads the weekly project meetings Internally and with the customer.
• Leads and drives the scheduled steering team meetings - providing regular status reports.
• Facilitates and drives the meetings for the Zero Failure Gate approval.
• Project reporting & prepares for the ZF gate submissions.
• Risk & Issues Management - Identifies risks, reviews status and manages mitigation
• Managing the project team to ensure project delivery, providing indirect feedback on individuals performance.

What We Would Like You To Bring

• Bachelor degree required
• Master degree preferred but not required
• 5-6 years project management experience
• 2-5 years experience in 3rd Party Logistics, Logisti...