QuickSTAT Branch Director ZU-HO

Kuehne + Nagel AS; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A global logistics leader is seeking a Branch Director in Uxbridge to oversee operations, ensuring compliance and service excellence. Candidates should possess in-depth logistics experience, proven leadership skills, and a strong understanding of P&L management. This role involves driving continuous improvement and high-performance culture throughout the organization.

Benefits

Company car

Pension plan

Employee assistance program

Discounts and benefits

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of logistics operations including exports, imports, and customer service.
• Proficiency in coaching and developing teams.
• Strong knowledge of QSHE requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to senior leadership team.
• Oversee day-to-day operations ensuring service excellence.
• Manage branch P&L and monitor financial performance.

Skills

Leadership

Team Development

Logistics Operations

Compliance Knowledge

P&L Management

Job description

It\'s more than a job

When you work in Freight Logistics and Operations at Kuehne+Nagel, you play a key role in optimising processes and ensuring that inventory and shipments move efficiently. But that is not all. Your work also helps ensure that vital medicines reach patients on time and supports other essential deliveries, from wind turbines to semiconductors. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

Challenge your talent and come onboard to live an extraordinary experience. Are you ready to ignite the future of logistics together?

Join QuickStat as a Branch Director. You will oversee all QuickSTAT UK operations, ensuring alignment with company policies and a consistent focus on service excellence and lead health and safety strategy, promoting a safety-first culture through compliance, training, and continuous improvement.

Customer satisfaction is central to this role, ensure client needs are consistently met and service standards are upheld across the organization. You will also manage adherence to pricing structures and group policies within the UK network, maintaining operational and financial consistency.

How you create impact

• Provide strategic leadership to our senior leadership team, fostering a high-performance culture and aligning teams with organizational goals.
• Lead cultural change initiatives, embedding company values, inclusive practices, and agile ways of working across all teams.
• Oversee day-to-day operations across all functions (Exports, Imports, Transport, Warehouse, Customer Service), ensuring service excellence and compliance.
• Drive leadership development, employee engagement, and succession planning in partnership with HR.
• Ensure full branch compliance with QSHE standards and maintain operational readiness for internal and external audits.
• Manage the branch P&L, monitor financial performance against targets, and implement cost-saving and efficiency initiatives.
• Develop and implement operational policies and KPIs to drive accountability, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.
• Act as senior escalation point for key clients, support business development efforts, and contribute to strategic network growth.

What we would like you to bring

• Deep understanding of end-to-end logistics operations, including exports, imports, transport, warehousing, and customer service, with a focus on compliance and efficiency.
• Proven capability in coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams. Strong ability to foster a positive, inclusive culture that promotes engagement, collaboration, and continuous growth.
• Understanding of employee engagement strategies, including experience with tools like the Great Place to Work survey and action planning.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and internal QSHE requirements, particularly within time-critical or temperature-sensitive logistics environments.
• Proven ability to manage P&L, develop business cases, and align financial performance with strategic goals.
• Experience in designing and implementing operational policies that enhance customer satisfaction and service delivery.
• Ability to analyze operational data, identify trends, and recommend corrective actions through structured reporting and performance metrics.
• Skilled in leading change initiatives, aligning local execution with global strategies, and driving continuous improvement.

What\'s in it for you

If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will make sure that you’re rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You can join the contributory Kuehne + Nagel pension plan and enjoy our Route 2 Rewards scheme which offers everything from discounts, benefit information, recognition and its own wellbeing center. We care for our colleagues (and their immediate family) with our employee assistance program providing access to 24/7 GP, legal and financial advice along with mental health counselling. All of this to help you live a happier and healthier life As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognize the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organization.Company Car: Enjoy a hassle-free commute with a company car.

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.