Network Transportation Manager - Quick

Kuehne+Nagel; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking a Network Transportation Manager to optimize shipment processes and manage a team of drivers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in logistics and transportation, contributing to essential deliveries across critical sectors. This full-time role offers competitive compensation with a sign-on bonus and ample career development opportunities.

Benefits

Medical and dental benefits package

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Excellent training programs

Qualifications

• 5 years of industry experience or educational equivalent.
• Full understanding of international & domestic airline routing.
• Hold and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee employee drivers and independent contractors.
• Develop and implement new procedures to improve efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with regulations affecting company and IC drivers.

Skills

Group leadership skills

Knowledge of Dangerous Goods regulations

International & domestic airline operations

Education

BA/BS or equivalent work experience

Job description

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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.

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.



Quick Group is a subsidiary of Kuehne+Nagel, handling our most urgent and time-sensitive shipments. As a Network Transportation Manager, you will be responsible for managing Quick's Independent Contractors (IC) and employee drivers in your assigned geographic area, working closely with Dispatch management and internal stakeholders. As a motivator for developing and implementing best practices for IC Management and employee drivers, you'll also manage Quick’s vehicle fleet and oversee activity in the area transfer warehouse and coordinate driver processes with the Quick Business Units.

How you create impact

• Manage and oversee employee (company) drivers.
• Interact with and provide guidance and shipment parameters to independent contractors' (ICs).
• Coordinate network coverage for all shipments.
• Resolve all customer related issues.
• Thoroughly understand Independent Contractor related laws and regulations.
• Contribute, develop & implement new procedures and policies that increase efficiencies and performance of ICs and company drivers and operations staff.
• Manage vehicle fleet, fuel cards, and oversee vehicle repairs.
• Ensure that ICs and company drivers are compliant with all regulations including but not limited to: TSA, DOT and Dangerous Goods.
• Support training and development of all departmental staff related to ICs and company drivers.
• Manage the appearance of the assigned warehouse develop shipping, receiving, inventory and re-ice procedures.
• Develop and maintain driver coverage schedules that provides adequate company driver and IC coverage
• Keep up to date on information and technology affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance (Quick Trac, Vendor Partner, Dispatch Dashboard etc.).
  
  

What we would like you to bring

• 5 years of industry experience or educational equivalent
• BA/BS or equivalent work experience
• Group leadership skills
• Knowledge of Dangerous Goods/Restricted Article regulations (preferred)
• Full understanding of international & domestic airline routings, Airline NYC operations, geography & time zones
• Hold and maintain a valid driver’s license (passenger vehicle, CDL preferred)
  
  

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 a great compensation and medical/dental benefits package, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Distribution, Supply Chain, and Customer Service

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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