Team Leader- Outbound 2nd Shift

Kuehne+Nagel; Des Plaines (IL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel in Des Plaines, IL seeks a Warehouse Team Lead to supervise outbound shipments and coordinate the workflow of the second shift. You will ensure timely, accurate, and safe shipping operations under the direction of a Warehouse Supervisor or Operations Manager.

The role is onsite, with a focus on quality, safety, and efficiency. The candidate will lead teams, manage paperwork, and uphold company guidelines while maintaining inventory accuracy and a secure, productive work environment.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma and 2 years in a lead supervision role.
• English proficiency: read/write/speak.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate all outbound shipments.
• Verify required inbound/outbound paperwork with drivers and ensure accurate counts.
• Maintain inventory accuracy and space utilization.
• Ensure safe operation of materials handling equipment and adherence to schedules.
• Complete records and reports in a timely manner.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical

Multitasking

Detail-oriented

Education

High School diploma

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.

You will be responsible for coordinating and supervising outbound logistics activities to ensure timely, accurate, and efficient shipment of customer orders. Under the direction of a Warehouse Supervisor or Operations Manager, the Warehouse Team Lead is responsible for directing activities in a manner consistent with established goals and company guidelines to ensure the full and efficient operation of your assigned area. This job is onsite only at our facility in Des Plaines, IL working the second shift with payrate of 25.00/hr.

How you create impact

• Supervise and coordinate all shipments.
• Orderly stacking of product.
• Picking and staging outbound shipments following the highest possible levels of quality and productivity.
• Verify required inbound/outbound paperwork with drivers, ensuring that all product is properly counted.
• Ensure inbound and outbound shipments are accurate and free of damage and errors.
• Ensure the efficient and safe operation of all materials handling equipment.
• Ensure that the work schedules are correctly implemented and that jobs are assigned effectively and completed properly.
• Maintain product locator system and maintain high levels of inventory accuracy.
• Ensure the optimal utilization of space through warehouse consolidation.
• Rotate the product as appropriate.
• Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area.
• Assist in maintaining the security of the warehouse.
• Conduct operations in a manner that promotes safety.
• Conduct operations per OSHA and MSDS standards.
• Complete all necessary records and reports in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Assure the integrity of the inventory and assist in conducting physical inventories.
• Adhere to Kuehne + Nagel’s Quality, Safety, Health, and Environment Program policies and procedures.

What we would like you to bring

• Requires frequent walking, carrying, reaching, standing and stooping.
• Requires lifting/lowering, pushing, or pulling of various items of varying weight up to 50 lbs.
• Requires work from heights of up to 20 feet from the floor.
• Requires work in an environment with frequently changing temperatures.
• High School diploma
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a lead position where effective employee supervision applies
• Detail-oriented, customer-focused, excellent organizational skills and ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Languages: English – Ability to speak, read, write, and interpret documents
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong analytical and multi-tasking skills.
• For applicants in the United States: 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

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 range for this position is $25/hr Base salary 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.

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.

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.

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.