Road Logistics Healthcare Operations Specialist

Kuehne + Nagel AS; Derby; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading logistics company as a Road Logistics Operator in the East Midlands Gateway office. You will handle logistics shipments for healthcare customers, ensuring operational duties align with customer-specific instructions. This role involves negotiating rates, providing quotations, and collaborating with European offices to arrange shipments. Enjoy a supportive work environment with benefits like a pension plan and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Kuehne + Nagel pension plan

Route 2 Rewards scheme

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Experience in quotations is essential.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills are required.
• Previous experience in road logistics is advantageous.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Request and negotiate rates with hauliers for spot quotations.
• Provide competitive quotations to customer services and directly to customers.
• Ensure transport planning is completed and details passed to the warehouse team.
• Create manifests in QCL to send to hauliers.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management skills

Communication skills

Experience in quotations

Road logistics experience

Job description

Do you have a passion for road logistics? Imagine working for one of the world’s leading logistics companies, where your expertise can make a global impact. Join us in our East Midlands Gateway office.

Your Role

You will work within the Road logistics healthcare operational team, handling road logistics shipments for healthcare customers. Your responsibilities include ensuring all operational duties are in accordance with customer-specific working instructions and standard operating procedures, ensuring excellence in road freight import, export, cross-trade, and domestic distribution operations.

Your Responsibilities

1. Request and negotiate rates with hauliers, ensuring the best prices and solutions are obtained quickly for spot quotations.
2. Provide competitive quotations for effective solutions in a timely manner to customer services and, at times, directly to customers, utilizing our haulier base and own network.
3. Request and negotiate rates with hauliers for set lanes quotations, awarding business to hauliers when the business is secured.
4. Ensure transport planning is completed and pass correct details to the relevant warehouse team – EMG/HSCC/Chapeltown/Partner warehouses.
5. Create manifests in QCL to send to hauliers, ensuring all details are received and correct prior to sending.
6. Work closely with Kuehne+Nagel European healthcare offices to arrange groupage shipments.
7. Book collections and deliveries where required.

Your Skills and Experiences

1. Experience in quotations.
2. Excellent organisational and time management skills.
3. Previous experience in road logistics is advantageous.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Good Reasons to Join

If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will reward your commitment and expertise. You can join the contributory Kuehne + Nagel pension plan and enjoy our Route 2 Rewards scheme, offering discounts, benefits, recognition, and a wellbeing center. We care for our colleagues and their immediate families through our employee assistance program, providing access to 24/7 GP, legal, financial advice, and mental health counseling. As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognizes the skills, expertise, and value service leavers bring to our organization.