Senior Logistics Onboarding Lead (Europe Travel)

Kuehne+Nagel; Geel; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking a seasoned Customer Onboarding Lead Project Manager to drive large-scale logistics transformations across Europe. You will lead programs from initiation to go-live, coordinating cross-functional teams and managing budgets, risks, and timelines.

Travel up to 80% across Europe is required as you partner with customers and stakeholders. You will guide system migrations, automation initiatives, and UAT, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget while

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience leading large-scale onboarding and transformation projects.
• Formal Project Management certification (PMP/PRINCE2) is required.
• Experience guiding cross-functional, international project teams.
• Strong financial acumen with budget, change orders, and risk management.
• Experience with WMS implementations or warehouse start-ups is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end onboarding and implementation programs across Europe.
• Serve as primary contact and trusted advisor to customers.
• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans with milestones.
• Govern projects with status reports, steering committees, and updates.
• Identify risks, implement mitigations, and manage escalations.
• Control project scope, changes, and alignment with expectations.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Operations, IT, Engineering, and Automation.
• Coordinate migrations, automation, testing, and UAT activities.
• Oversee implementation budgets and ensure delivery within cost parameters.
• Lead go-live, handover, and lessons learned for continuous improvement.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

WMS implementations

Automation projects

Education

PMP or PRINCE2 certification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking a seasoned Customer Onboarding Lead Project Manager to drive large-scale logistics transformations across Europe. You will lead programs from initiation to go-live, coordinating cross-functional teams and managing budgets, risks, and timelines.

Travel up to 80% across Europe is required as you partner with customers and stakeholders. You will guide system migrations, automation initiatives, and UAT, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget while