National Contract Logistics Distribution TOC Team Lead (m/w/d)

Kuehne+Nagel; Tessenderlo; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Hospitalization insurance

Group insurance

Open-ended contract

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is recruiting for a National Contract Logistics Distribution TOC Team Lead in Belgium to design, manage, and optimize transport operations. You will lead a diverse operational team, coordinate daily activities, and use data to improve performance in a fast-paced logistics environment.

Join a dynamic team and help ensure reliable deliveries while collaborating with customers and carriers. You will drive continuous improvement, supported by cutting-edge IT systems and a competitive

Qualifications

• Three to five years of experience in transport operations or logistics, ideally in a team-leading or supervisory position.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate, coach, and develop a diverse operational team.
• Practical experience in scheduling, dispatch, route planning, and transport resource allocation.
• Confidence in working with Transportation Management Systems and other logistics or tracking solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret forecasts, operational data, and performance indicators.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate, and support a diverse team of transport and operational colleagues.
• Coordinate daily scheduling, dispatch activities, and resource allocation to ensure reliable and timely deliveries.
• Monitor transport operations and proactively resolve delays, deviations, and other operational challenges.
• Use Transportation Management Systems, real-time tracking solutions, and forecasting tools to optimize routes and resources.
• Analyse customer forecasts and translate the information into actionable transport plans.
• Track operational KPIs, prepare reports, and present performance insights and recommendations to management.
• Collaborate with customers, carriers, and cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication and alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance service quality, streamline operations, and reduce costs.

Skills

Team leadership

Scheduling

Dispatch

Route planning

Transportation management systems

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in logistics/transportation/business administration

Tools

Transportation Management Systems

Real-time tracking solutions

Forecasting tools

Job description

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.

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.

As a National Contract Logistics Distribution TOC Team Lead, you will play a key role in ensuring smooth, efficient, and reliable transport operations within our Transport Operation Centre. You will lead a diverse operational team, coordinate daily transport activities, and use data and technology to continuously improve performance. If you enjoy combining people leadership with operational excellence in a fast-paced logistics environment, we would love to hear from you

How you create impact

• Lead, motivate, and support a diverse team of transport and operational colleagues.
• Coordinate daily scheduling, dispatch activities, and resource allocation to ensure reliable and timely deliveries.
• Monitor transport operations and proactively resolve delays, deviations, and other operational challenges.
• Use Transportation Management Systems, real-time tracking solutions, and forecasting tools to optimize routes and resources.
• Analyse customer forecasts and translate the information into actionable transport plans.
• Track operational KPIs, prepare reports, and present performance insights and recommendations to management.
• Collaborate with customers, carriers, and cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication and alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance service quality, streamline operations, and reduce costs.

What we would like you to bring

• Three to five years of experience in transport operations or logistics, ideally in a team-leading or supervisory position.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate, coach, and develop a diverse operational team.
• Practical experience in scheduling, dispatch, route planning, and transport resource allocation.
• Confidence in working with Transportation Management Systems and other logistics or tracking solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret forecasts, operational data, and performance indicators.
• A structured, pragmatic, and solution-oriented approach, even when managing multiple priorities under pressure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, both written and verbal.
• A degree in logistics, transportation, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

What's in it for you

Join a dynamic and ambitious team in an environment where development, innovation, and continuous improvement are encouraged. You will have plenty of opportunities to grow professionally while working with cutting-edge IT systems and technologies. We offer a pleasant and informal working environment, an open-ended contract, a competitive salary, meal vouchers, hospitalization insurance, and group insurance.

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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