Job Description
National Sea Logistics Trade Lane Manager, Asia Pacific

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

  • To develop strategies + plans for assigned trade lane to generate revenue + increase client base.
  • To conduct market research on various business opportunities + create proposals, ensuring correct pricing + solutions are available.
  • To lead + drive the development of new business, while growing existing accounts to their full potential.
  • To own, monitor + drive all sales activities of customers within your control, ensuring prospects are identified, qualified + nurtured through the sales pipeline so as to close profitable + sustainable customer deals.
  • To provide support during sales calls + create customer-specific value propositions.
  • To provide up-to-date market+pricing information to stakeholders, setting pricing bands in line with local conditions + yield targets.

What we would like you to bring

  • Fluent in both English and Korean
  • Strong process ownership with a focus on continuous improvement and optimization of critical trade processes.
  • Skilled in establishing and managing trade templates, artifacts, and reference materials.
  • Highly comfortable with data, reporting, analytics, and forecasting across demand and supply management.
  • Proficient in market research, rate trend analysis, KPI tracking, dashboard creation, and performance reporting.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Korean and English, with the ability to convey information clearly, concisely, and professionally.
  • Experienced in collaborating across multiple stakeholders including sales, operations, and tender management teams.
  • Capable of managing tender and pricing responses, supported by data visualization tools and CRM platforms.

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.

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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