QuickSTAT Air Logistics Healthcare Manager

Kuehne+Nagel; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

401k retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Incentive compensation for eligible;

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking a strategic National Air Logistics Healthcare Manager to lead healthcare air logistics operations across the network. You will drive operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and financial performance while guiding a team in a highly regulated, time-critical environment.

This role offers a chance to shape healthcare logistics, influence growth, and ensure compliance with QSHE and GDP standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Life Sciences, Healthcare Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation, freight forwarding, supply chain, or healthcare logistics operations.
• 7+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional operations.
• 5+ years of experience in healthcare or regulated logistics environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead national healthcare air logistics operations with focus on service, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee end-to-end logistics activities including imports/exports, transportation, and customer service.
• Build relationships with healthcare and life sciences customers to exceed service expectations.
• Drive performance through KPIs, budgets, forecasting, and P&L accountability.
• Develop staffing strategies and training to support growth and operations.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Budgeting

KPIs tracking

Regulatory compliance

TMS expertise

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Healthcare

Tools

TMS

Logistics platforms

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.

QuickSTAT National Air Logistics Healthcare Manager

As the QuickSTAT National Air Logistics Healthcare Manager, you will play a pivotal leadership role in overseeing healthcare air logistics operations across the network. You will be responsible for driving operational excellence, customer satisfaction, financial performance, compliance, and employee engagement while leading a team dedicated to delivering best-in-class service in highly regulated and time-critical environments.

This is an opportunity for a strategic and hands-on leader to make a meaningful impact, influence business growth, and help shape the future of healthcare logistics.

How you create impact

• Lead and manage national healthcare air logistics operations, ensuring exceptional service, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance across a complex and time-critical network.


• Oversee end-to-end logistics activities, including imports, exports, transportation, customer service, shipment monitoring, and exception management.


• Build and maintain strong relationships with key healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences customers while ensuring service delivery exceeds expectations.


• Drive operational and financial performance through effective management of KPIs, service levels, budgets, forecasting, and P&L accountability.


• Lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams, creating a culture of engagement, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.


• Develop staffing strategies, workforce plans, and training programs to support business growth and operational requirements.


• Analyze operational trends and performance metrics to identify opportunities for process improvement, productivity gains, and enhanced customer satisfaction.


• Ensure compliance with healthcare, transportation, quality, safety, health, environmental (QSHE), GDP, and regulatory requirements.


• Partner with commercial, customer success, and operational teams to support customer retention, account growth, and new business opportunities.


• Lead change initiatives, business continuity planning, and operational improvement projects that support long-term organizational success.

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Life Sciences, Healthcare Management, or a related field.


• 10+ years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation, freight forwarding, supply chain, or healthcare logistics operations.


• 7+ years of leadership experience managing teams, supervisors, managers, and cross-functional operations.


• 5+ years of experience supporting healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, clinical trial, temperature-controlled, or other highly regulated logistics environments.


• Proven experience managing national, regional, or multi-site logistics operations.


• Strong operational knowledge of domestic and international air freight, customs procedures, transportation regulations, and healthcare logistics requirements.


• Experience managing strategic customer relationships and delivering results in complex, customer-focused environments.


• Demonstrated success managing budgets, forecasting, productivity initiatives, and P&L performance.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with experience leveraging KPIs and operational reporting to drive results.


• Proficiency with transportation management systems (TMS), logistics technology platforms, and Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Healthcare Administration.


• IATA Dangerous Goods Certification.


• GDP (Good Distribution Practice) training or certification.


• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.


• Experience within global freight forwarding, healthcare logistics, specialty transportation, or time-critical logistics organizations.


• Experience supporting clinical trials, cell and gene therapies, biologics, or other specialized healthcare supply chains.

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. 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.

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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.