Job Description
Marketing Operations Specialist

It's more than a job

At Kuehne+Nagel, a career in Marketing and Communications means creating inspiring campaigns and consistent brand strategies, but it's also something more. Thanks to your creative work, your colleagues have a strong base to continue conversations with customers across the globe, some working on the seamless delivery of sensitive semiconductors to mobile phone manufacturers, or building one-of-a-kind logistics solutions for wind turbines. At Kuehne+Nagel, we all play a more important role than we might imagine.

We’re looking for a Marketing Operations Specialist to join our Center of Excellence (CoE), an internal creative powerhouse that supports marketing initiatives worldwide. 

 

In this role, you’ll serve as the central coordination hub for all incoming marketing requests, ensuring seamless project management and ontime delivery. You’ll also drive process and operational excellence by managing direct mailings, optimizing marketing automation workflows, maintaining digital assets, and leveraging tools and data to enhance marketing performance. Through close collaboration with stakeholders, you’ll ensure alignment, efficiency, and the successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

How you create impact

  • Serve as the primary intake owner for marketing requests (content creation, design, videos, presentations, , webinars, digital assets, etc.), ensuring clarity, prioritization, and alignment with CoE processes.
  • Coordinate and oversee marketing projects from briefing through delivery, allocating resources and tracking progress to ensure timely, high‑quality outcomes.
  • Partner closely with business units, verticals, and marketing teams to understand needs, maintain alignment, and ensure seamless stakeholder communication.
  • Manage and optimize marketing automation workflows, including direct mailings, customer email journeys, and campaign execution.
  • Maintain and organize digital assets to ensure consistent and easy access for key teams.
  • Leverage and test marketing tools to enhance performance, including A/B testing, campaign optimization, and reporting dashboards.
  • Stay informed about emerging marketing technologies and industry trends, while continuously improving workflows and processes and ensuring the adoption of best practices to enhance efficiency and impact.

What we would like you to bring

  • 5+ years of experience in marketing operations, digital marketing, or marketing-focused project management.
  • Strong project management capabilities, highly organized and detailed-oriented, able to coordinate multiple initiatives across teams and time zones.
  • Hands-on experience with marketing automation platforms (e.g., Click, HubSpot, Marketo, Pardot) and CRM platforms.
  • Data‑driven mindset with experience using dashboards, reporting tools, and optimization techniques.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with crossfunctional stakeholders and communicate technical concepts clearly.
  • A proactive, problem-solving mindset with the ability to quickly turn challenges into solutions.
  • Adaptable and resilient under pressure, responding quickly to shifting priorities and evolving technologies.
  • Logistics industry knowledge is highly beneficial, but not required.

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. The target base salary range for this position is between $80,000 and $100,000. 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. #LI-KE1

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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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