Job Description
Sea Logistics Customer Care Specialist

It's more than a job

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. But that is not all. 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.

How you create impact

As a Sea Logistics Customer Care Specialist, you'll be the trusted point of contact for our clients by communicating clearly, solving problems creatively, and collaborating across departments to deliver exceptional service. In this role, you’ll help drive customer satisfaction, streamline processes, and keep operations running smoothly.
 
  • Respond to customer inquiries through various communication channels.
  • Provide accurate and timely information to customers regarding their accounts, products, and services.
  • Handle escalated customer issues with tact and diplomacy to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including sales, operations, marketing, and technical support, to address customer issues and enhance the customer experience.
  • Document customer interactions and issues accurately in the customer service management system.

What we would like you to bring

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interact concisely and empathetically with customers from diverse industries and backgrounds
  • Strong problem solving skills, with the ability to think creatively and find solutions to customer issues
  • Empathy and a customer focused mindset, with the ability to put yourself in the customer's shoes and provide exceptional service
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Familiarity with customer service management systems and basic computer skills (Outlook, Excel)
  • Financial acumen, familiarity with concepts and terms such as payables, profit and loss, revenue, etc
  • Knowledge in sea freight as well as KN products and systems, such as Customer myKN, KN Login/ESP, CoreLOG

 

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

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. #LI-TD1 

 

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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