IS Project Manager

Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave + bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Route 2 Rewards programme

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead successful delivery of Warehouse Management System projects in the UK. You will ensure governance, budgets and timelines are met while coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

The role requires strong delivery skills, governance, and the ability to travel across the UK. Professional qualifications like PRINCE2, APM or ITIL are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering IT projects, preferably in a Warehouse Management System environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of Information Systems projects, ensuring alignment with KN policies, budgets, timelines and quality.
• Develop and maintain key project documentation (PIDs, delivery plans, status reports).
• Build cross-functional project teams with clearly defined roles and stakeholder engagement.
• Establish and manage project plans, track milestones and take corrective action as needed.
• Manage project budgets, resource utilisation and financial tracking.
• Identify, assess and mitigate risks and issues through governance and contingency planning.
• Govern project scope and change requests with formal change control processes.
• Facilitate project meetings and stage gate reviews with audit-ready records.

Skills

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

PRINCE2

APM

ITIL

Job description

How you create impact

• Lead the successful delivery of Information Systems projects, ensuring alignment with Kuehne+Nagel policies, standards, budgets, timelines, and quality expectations.
• Develop and maintain key project documentation, including Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), delivery plans, stage gate collateral, and status reports.
• Build and coordinate cross-functional project teams, clearly defining roles, responsibilities, and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and manage project plans, tracking progress against agreed milestones and taking corrective action where required to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage project budgets, resource utilisation, and financial tracking, ensuring project costs are accurately recorded and controlled.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues through effective governance, contingency planning, and proactive stakeholder communication.
• Govern project scope and change requests, evaluating impacts on budget, timelines, and deliverables while ensuring adherence to formal change control processes.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering group updates, and stage gate reviews, maintaining complete audit‑ready project records and ensuring compliance with KN IS standards.

What we would like you to bring

• Proven track record of successfully leading and delivering projects within an IT Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) environment.
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, with PRINCE2, APM and ITIL experience or qualifications considered advantageous.
• Ability to align projects with wider business strategy, managing dependencies, priorities, and interrelated initiatives.
• Experience in resource planning and management across multiple projects, ensuring effective utilisation and delivery.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to gather, interpret, and translate business requirements into practical solutions, including cost estimation.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to gain commitment at all levels.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience developing teams, motivating colleagues, and driving successful project outcomes.
• Strong project governance skills, including the ability to identify and manage critical paths, risks, and project interdependencies, with flexibility to travel throughout the UK as required.

What's in it for you

Join Kuehne+Nagel and build your future with us. We believe in recognising and rewarding the commitment, expertise and passion our people bring every day. In return, you'll enjoy a competitive benefits package, including 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional leave through length of service.
You'll also have access to our contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension scheme and our Route 2 Rewards programme, offering employee discounts, recognition initiatives, wellbeing resources and a dedicated wellbeing centre to support you both professionally and personally.
As a proud holder of the Gold Armed Forces Covenant Award, we are committed to being a forcesfriendly employer and actively welcome applications from service leavers, reservists and veterans. We recognise the valuable skills, experience and perspectives they bring to our business and are proud to support their transition into civilian careers.

Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.

Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks