Global Sea Logistics Trade Manager - Northern Europe to North America (m/f/d)

Global Sea Logistics Trade Manager - Northern Europe to North America (m/f/d)

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. 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.

As part of the Trade Management team, you will play a key role in managing and developing the Transatlantic trade from Northern Europe to North America (Westbound). You will actively contribute to volume and yield growth, strengthen profitable market share, and ensure high‑quality sea freight solutions.

How you create impact

• Manage and develop trade volume (TEU) and yield performance.
• Lead central carrier procurement, allocation management, and coordination in alignment with the overall trade strategy.
• Develop and maintain a competitive, market‑driven product and service portfolio based on supply and demand analysis.
• Ensure carrier service quality and proactively address operational or performance issues.
• Support and guide country and regional stakeholders through market engagement and go‑to‑market activities.
• Act as the central trade contact for all Kuehne+Nagel sea freight stations within scope.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Key Account Management, and regional management, including ownership of selected key target customers and RFQ processes.
• Drive and support digital initiatives to improve efficiency, transparency, and competitive advantage.

What we would like you to bring

• Completed vocational training or higher education in logistics, freight forwarding, shipping, or a related field.
• Proven experience in trade management, carrier procurement, or sea freight operations.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and commercial skills with a focus on yield and market share development.
• Solid understanding of supply‑and‑demand dynamics within international sea freight markets.
• Ability to work effectively in a complex, international stakeholder environment.
• Strong commitment to continuous improvement, customer excellence, and strategic objectives.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent command of English; proficiency in additional languages is an advantage.

What's in it for you

At Kuehne+Nagel, you get to grow your expertise, shape processes, and deliver innovative solutions. We are continuously building our local and global network and our product portfolio, creating career opportunities in different fields of work worldwide. As a leader in the logistics industry, we provide a collaborative and IT‑driven environment where you will work with motivated and customer‑centric colleagues across the world. We look forward to receiving your comprehensive online application.

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.

Vielfalt und Chancengleichheit sind bei Kühne+Nagel fest in unserer Unternehmenskultur verankert. Unser Miteinander wird getragen von Respekt vor der Einzigartigkeit jedes einzelnen – unabhängig von Geschlecht und Geschlechtsidentität, den körperlichen und geistigen Eigenschaften, der Religion und Weltanschauung, der sexuellen Orientierung, der sozialen oder ethnischen Herkunft, Nationalität und Alter. Wir glauben an die Innovationskraft der Vielfalt in unseren Teams. Inspired by people – inspired by you? Wir freuen uns auf Sie!