Project Manager, Warehouse Management Systems & IT Implementations - Logistics

Kuehne Nagel; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel in Charlotte, NC, seeks an experienced IT Project Manager to lead complex WMS implementation projects within a dynamic 3PL environment. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across IT, Operations, and Engineering to design, deploy, and optimize logistics solutions that move goods efficiently.

The role requires strong PM experience, PMP or similar, and up to 50% travel during project execution.

Qualifications

• Degree in Logistics, Engineering, or Business Management or equivalent work experience.
• 5 years of project management experience leading WMS implementation projects; experience with JDA/Blue Yonder or Manhattan an advantage.
• Experience in a 3PL environment required.
• PMP certification or similar desired.
• Technical experience with Warehouse Management Systems desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional IT project teams supporting customer implementations, system migrations, strategic initiatives, and organizational change.
• Serve as the IT project or sub-project lead for customer onboarding initiatives, coordinating activities across IT, Operations, Engineering, and external partners.
• Drive requirements gathering and solution design, partnering with customers, Solutions Engineering, and IT teams to define system requirements, configurations, integrations, and Concepts of Operations.
• Manage end-to-end implementation activities, including system development, testing, training, deployment, contingency planning, on-site implementation, and post-launch support.
• Own project governance, proactively managing scope, change, risks, timelines, communications, stakeholder expectations, and internal/external project budgets.
• Manage vendors and client relationships, ensuring external partners meet delivery, cost, and SOW commitments while serving as a key point of contact for customer change management.

Skills

Project management

WMS implementations

JDA/Blue Yonder

Manhattan WMOS

Travel availability

Education

Degree in Logistics, Engineering, or Business Management

Tools

JDA/Blue Yonder

Manhattan WMOS

Warehouse Management Systems

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.

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.

Take the lead on complex IS/IT implementations and system migrations that make a real business impact.

You’ll bring together cross-functional project teams, manage priorities and timelines, anticipate and resolve risks, oversee project budgets, and ensure a seamless experience for both clients and internal stakeholders.

How you create impact

• Lead cross-functional IT project teams supporting customer implementations, system migrations, strategic initiatives, and organizational change.
• Serve as the IT project or sub-project lead for customer onboarding initiatives, coordinating activities across IT, Operations, Engineering, and external partners.
• Drive requirements gathering and solution design, partnering with customers, Solutions Engineering, and IT teams to define system requirements, configurations, integrations, and Concepts of Operations.
• Manage end-to-end implementation activities, including system development, testing, training, deployment, contingency planning, on‑site implementation, and post‑launch support.
• Own project governance, proactively managing scope, change, risks, timelines, communications, stakeholder expectations, and internal/external project budgets.
• Manage vendors and client relationships, ensuring external partners meet delivery, cost, and SOW commitments while serving as a key point of contact for customer change management.

What we would like you to bring

• Degree in Logistics, Engineering, or Business Management or equivalent work experience
• 5 years of project management experience leading WMS system implementation projects required, experience with JDA/Blue Yonder or Manhattan an advantage.
• Experience in a 3PL environment required
• PMP certification or similar desired
• Technical experience with Warehouse Management Systems desired
• Ability to travel 50% during project execution, depending on project phase.
• Proven ability to manage large system implementation teams including external resources.
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills.

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

What’s in it for you

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. 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. Remote

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 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.

This position relates to an available role and not a future talent pool.

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.