Air Logistics Export Customer Care Specialist

Kuehne Nagel; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k

Tuition reimbursement

Incentive compensation

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking an experienced Air Export professional to join our team in the United States, driving exceptional customer service for healthcare and life sciences shipments. You will own air export processes from booking to departure and serve as the main operational contact for our customers.

Join a fast-growing Air Logistics team and collaborate with cross-functional groups to ensure regulatory compliance and timely delivery while advancing growth opportunities within strategic

Qualifications

• Experience managing international air export shipments.
• Strong understanding of export documentation and compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of AES filings and export regulations.
• Familiarity with TSA and air cargo security requirements.
• Customer-facing logistics, freight forwarding, or supply chain experience.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with transportation systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Manage air export shipments from booking through final departure
• Serve as the trusted advisor and operational contact for customers
• Ensure compliance with export regulations, AES filing requirements, and TSA standards
• Monitor shipment progress and proactively communicate updates or exceptions
• Resolve customer inquiries, complaints, and shipment escalations with urgency and professionalism
• Prepare and review export documentation for accuracy and compliance
• Support customer onboarding and implementation activities
• Provide spot quotations and identify opportunities to grow customer business
• Collaborate with Operations, Pricing, Sales, Revenue Care, and Customer Implementation teams
• Maintain customer profiles, rates, credit information, and shipment records
• Drive customer retention while supporting profitable growth initiatives

Skills

International air export

Export documentation

AES filings

TSA compliance

Customer-facing logistics

Communication

Multitasking

MS Office

Tools

CargoWise

Transportation systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

It's more than a job

As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

Make an Impact in Global Healthcare Logistics

Are you an experienced Air Export professional who thrives on delivering exceptional customer service and managing complex international shipments? Join Kuehne+Nagel's growing Air Logistics team and play a key role supporting strategic healthcare and life sciences customers in one of our fastest-growing business segments.

How you create impact

As the primary point of contact for your assigned customers, you'll take ownership of their experience and help drive customer satisfaction, retention, and growth.

• Manage air export shipments from booking through final departure
• Serve as the trusted advisor and operational contact for customers
• Ensure compliance with export regulations, AES filing requirements, and TSA standards
• Monitor shipment progress and proactively communicate updates or exceptions
• Resolve customer inquiries, complaints, and shipment escalations with urgency and professionalism
• Prepare and review export documentation for accuracy and compliance
• Support customer onboarding and implementation activities
• Provide spot quotations and identify opportunities to grow customer business
• Collaborate with Operations, Pricing, Sales, Revenue Care, and Customer Implementation teams
• Maintain customer profiles, rates, credit information, and shipment records
• Drive customer retention while supporting profitable growth initiatives

What we would like you to bring

• Experience managing international air export shipments
• Strong understanding of export documentation and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of AES filings and export regulations
• Familiarity with TSA and air cargo security requirements
• Customer-facing logistics, freight forwarding, or supply chain experience
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with transportation systems and Microsoft Office applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or medical device logistics experience
• Freight forwarding background within Air Logistics
• Experience handling customer escalations and critical shipment exceptions
• Knowledge of CargoWise or similar transportation management systems
• Commercial mindset with the ability to identify growth opportunities within customer accounts

What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility.

The hourly wage for this role is between 28.00 and 32.50. Base wage is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.

Kuehne+Nagel participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to assist in specific process [e.g., screening applications, interview scheduling]. These tools analyze information to support decision-making, but final decisions are made by human reviewers.

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.

Kuehne+Nagel is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful retaliation. Kuehne+Nagel strictly prohibits all discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sexual orientation, citizenship status, protected activity (such as opposition to or reporting of prohibited discrimination or harassment. Kuehne+Nagel will also make reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees, including accommodations for pregnancy and childbirth, and for the sincerely held religious beliefs of applicants and employees depending upon individual circumstances unless such accommodation would create an undue hardship on Kuehne+Nagel.