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Kuehne + Nagel; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Route 2 Rewards programme

Gold Armed Forces Covenant Award

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking a Project Manager to lead Information Systems projects across the business in the UK. You will drive successful delivery, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, and establish best-in-class delivery standards to turn complex challenges into clear outcomes.

You will build and maintain project documentation, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure governance and change control processes are followed to deliver on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering IT/WMS projects.
• Experience with PRINCE2, ITIL or APM is advantageous.
• Ability to translate business needs into project plans.
• Willingness to travel across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of IT/IS projects within KN policies, budgets, timelines and quality expectations.
• Develop and maintain PID documents, delivery plans, stage gate collateral, and status reports.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams with clear 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 to control costs.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues with governance and contingency planning.
• Govern project scope and change requests, evaluating impacts on budget and timelines.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering group updates, and stage gate reviews with audit-ready records.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Budgeting

Cost estimation

Resource planning

Cross-functional teams

Project governance

PRINCE2

ITIL

Education

PRINCE2 Certification

Tools

WMS systems

Job description

As we look to build on the success of an established position, we're seekinga talented Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of Information Systems projects across the business. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a diverse range of stakeholders, drive meaningful change, and establish best-in-class project delivery standards. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy turning complex challenges into successful outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

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