Contract Logistics Wave Planner Specialist

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.

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Are you motivated to deliver exceptional results and provide outstanding customer service? Are you eager to collaborate with a dedicated team in a dynamic and welcoming work environment located at our beautiful site in Union City, Georgia? If so, we invite you to consider joining Kuehne+Nagel as a Contract Logistics Wave Planner. In this critical role, the Contract Logistics Wave Planner is responsible for ensuring that customer orders and freight are transported efficiently and accurately between Kuehne+Nagel facilities. Timely delivery and precise fulfillment of customer orders are paramount to our success. To accomplish this, the Wave Planner will work closely with Inbound and Outbound leadership teams, as well as the Production and Control departments and courier services. This collaboration ensures seamless execution of logistics operations, with each stakeholder held accountable for meeting service standards and contributing to overall customer satisfaction. Your coordination and attention to detail will sustain Kuehne+Nagel's high service standards. Your schedule is Tuesday to Saturday, 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 a.m., with $22.50 hourly pay, paid weekly including shift differential.

How you create impact

Duites and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the daily planning of transfer orders based on
• Must be a US citizen 
• Current order volume and daily production goals vs one month inventory in one Distridution Center and the majority of the reserve inventory in another Distribution Center
• Manage shuttle of inventory in a timely manner to ensure smooth production
• Responsible for weekly service metric review for the facilities and on-time performance of the shuttles, route guide compliance, spot shipment performance, etc.
• Ensure carrier receipt and response of daily load tenders
• Track loads and hold carriers, dedicated fleet accountable to on-time pick-up and delivery
• Communicate frequently with internal / external customers and carriers
• Identify and execute continuous improvement opportunities

What we would like you to bring

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years related work experience in Supply Chain
• Must possess industry knowledge and terminology, strong communication and analytical skills with the ability to quickly analyze problem situations and make fact based decisions
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; expertise in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

What's in it for you

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 great compensation and medical/dental benefits packages, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment. #LI-onsite

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 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.

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. 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.

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