Logistics IT Specialist

Kuehne+Nagel; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental benefits

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Training programs

Global work environment

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel in Jersey City is seeking a qualified IT/Hardware Procurement professional within the Contract Logistics team. You will design, manage, and optimize solutions that keep goods moving efficiently, bridging operations, IT support, pre-sales, KN Implementations and clients to ensure precise storage, handling, and delivery of products.

This role emphasizes coordinating IT projects, maintaining vendor lists, budgets, and SOC1 readiness, with opportunities to grow within a global logistics

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in IT, IT infrastructure, hardware operations, or related field.
• Hands-on experience with IT hardware/infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating IT projects, technology implementations, or hardware deployments.
• Experience working with vendors, quotes, purchasing, and equipment installations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain updates to the KN US PIA template supporting hardware price changes and vendor onboarding.
• Serve as the primary link between KN operations, finance and vendors for hardware procurement.
• Maintain accurate listing of all KN approved vendors.
• Create and manage IT support tickets; escalate and follow up with KN IT.
• Confirm hardware budgets with operations prior to project requests.
• Collaborate with vendors to obtain quotes for CI initiatives and BOMs.
• Obtain quotes for new IT networking infrastructure with KN IT.
• Create investment applications from project quotes for approval and PO creation.
• Place hardware orders and monitor lead times; communicate deviations to operations.
• Assist with site installations and verify correct equipment installation.
• Coordinate SOC1 audits with auditors, clients and operations.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Vendor coordination

Hardware deployments

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

SOC1 audits

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

It's more than a job

As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Whether you’re leading a team, engineering processes, or driving projects, your work ensures that our customers’ products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, your contribution goes far beyond the warehouse—it helps shape the flow of global trade.

Ensure stable and accurate operations by serving as a primary link between warehouse operations, IT support, pre-sales, KN Implementations and clients.

How you create impact

• Maintain consistent updates to the KN US PIA template which supports hardware price changes, hardware make/model revisions, recurring price adjustments, and new vendor onboarding.


• Primary link between KN operations, finance and vendors for procurement of new hardware needed to support warehouse operations.


• Maintain accurate listing of all KN approved vendors.


• Ticket creation, escalation & follow-up with KN IT.


• Confirm all hardware budgets with operations prior to initiation of project requests.


• Collaborate with KN vendors to obtain hardware quotes related to on-going operations (CI) initiatives and pre-sales PIA BOMs related to new implementations.


• Work with KN IT to obtain quotes on new, refreshed and expanded IT networking infrastructures.


• Utilize quotes from project initiatives to create investment applications for approval and PO creation.


• Place hardware orders with the vendors and monitor/communicate both lead times & deviations to operations and vendors.


• Manage the installation of hardware at sites, attending on site if necessary to verify correct installations.


• Primary link between the auditors, KN clients and operations to organize SOC1 audits and reports.


• Additional IT project management duties as allocated by manager

What we would like you to bring

• 2+ years of experience in IT, IT infrastructure, hardware, technology operations, or a related field


• Bachelor’s degree preferred


• Hands-on experience with IT hardware and/or infrastructure


• Experience coordinating IT projects, technology implementations, or hardware deployments


• Experience working with vendors, quotes, purchasing, and equipment installations


• Strong experience collaborating across IT, operations, finance, and other business teams


• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel


• Experience with SOC 1 audits is a plus

What's in it for you

There has never been a better time to work in logistics. Bring your skills to an industry that offers stability and international career growth. We offer great compensation and medical/dental benefits packages, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment.

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.

Individuals with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process may contact us by sending an email to kn.taaccommodations.com

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support portions of the recruitment process, such as reviewing application materials or assisting with scheduling. These tools analyze information to help inform decision making; however, all hiring 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.