Kuehne + Nagel Motor Vehicle Division Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

Kuehne + Nagel Ltd is one of the world’s leading logistics group with about 63,000 employees stationed at over 1000 locations in over 100 countries worldwide and are skilled in all forms of global transport by sea, air, overland and in providing high quality integrated logistics services. 

Kuehne + Nagel is headquartered in Schindellegi, Switzerland.

Kuehne + Nagel seeks to recruit a highly competent and self-driven individual to fill in the following position in our Motor Vehicle Department in Nairobi.
 

Manager, Motor Vehicle Division, Nairobi
 

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with the customer’s management.
• Analyse and manage motor vehicle projects from a logistics perspective.
• Capable of developing the business.
• Be the key contact person for all contract and operational matters.
• Take responsibility and coordinate actions between respective Kuehne + Nagel operations globally with respect to problem solutions, improvement activities.
• Retain customer business and improve contractual conditions leading to increased profitability.
• Enhance existing customer business by offering additional services.
• Align customer KPI requirements, secure comprehensive and correct reporting by Kuehne + Nagel operations, report KPI’s to customer, initiate corrective actions on Kuehne + Nagel and customer side.
• Organise regular meetings with the client and relevant operations staff to report performance and receive an update from client on challenges and future plans.
• Full P & L responsibility.
• Cross-sell Kuehne + Nagel services.
• Develop and implement account plans for clients.
• Drive proactive suggestions for continuous improvement.
• Maintain close communication with customer and Kuehne + Nagel’s operations team to ensure uniform understanding of customer expectations relative to operational solutions, timeline, costs and results.
• Enforce SOP introduction and compliance.

Qualifications, Skills and Competencies

• Degree in Business Management/Logistics.
• Knowledge and experience in both air and sea import processes in Kenya.
• Previous managerial experience with some accounting knowledge.
• 5 years Experience in the Logistics Industry.
• Excellent leadership, communication and team motivator.
• Computer literate.

Qualified candidates should send their applications including a cover letter complete with a detailed updated CV with three referees and their email contacts. 

Applications should be addressed to hr.nairobi@kuehnenagel.com subject clearly marked with the respective position to reach us on or before 23rd October 2014. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.