Job Description
Sea Logistics Customer Care Specialist Export

It's more than a job

As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

Sea Logistics Customer Care Specialist, Export is responsible for supporting export customer care activities, customer communication, shipment follow-up, and internal coordination to ensure smooth service delivery. This role is suitable for a fresh graduate or junior candidate who is keen to learn, service-minded, and interested in building a career in sea logistics and export customer care.

How you create impact

1. Export Customer Care Operations

  • Handle daily export customer care activities in line with customer requirements and service expectations.
  • Act as the key contact point for export customers on shipment updates, inquiries, and service requests.
  • Follow up on shipment-related matters, pending issues, and customer requirements until closure.
  • Support export business through regular customer follow-up and service coordination.

2. Stakeholder Management

  • Build and maintain strong customer relationships through proactive communication and service engagement.
  • Respond to customer inquiries in a timely, professional, and accurate manner.
  • Manage customer expectations calmly, especially when handling urgent requests or demanding requirements.
  • Support customer visits and service review discussions when required.
  • Maintain a customer-first mindset and contribute to consistent service delivery.
  • Coordinate closely with internal teams to ensure customer requirements are understood and followed up properly.
  • Work with relevant stakeholders to support smooth shipment handling and issue resolution.
  • Escalate service issues, shipment concerns, or customer requirements when necessary.
  • Ensure clear communication flow between customers and internal teams.

3. Proactive Follow up and Accuracy

  • Monitor shipment-related updates and provide customers with accurate information.
  • Maintain accuracy in customer communication, shipment follow-up, and service-related updates.
  • Help prevent service errors, delays, penalties, and communication gaps through proper coordination.
  • Support service quality through timely and accurate follow-up.

4. Engagement & Improvement

  • Support regular customer engagement through calls, follow-ups, and customer visits when required.
  • Share customer feedback to support better service improvement and internal alignment.
  • Support continuous improvement in customer care processes, communication flow, and service quality.

What we would like you to bring

Education & Experience

  • Fresh graduates are welcome to apply; candidates with up to 2 years of relevant working experience will also be considered.
  • Strong interest in sea logistics, export operations, freight forwarding, or customer care.
  • Basic understanding of sea export processes will be an added advantage.
  • Import knowledge or exposure will be an added advantage.
  • Customer service, logistics, freight forwarding, or export operations experience will be preferred but is not mandatory.

Technical Skills

  • Basic understanding of shipment coordination, customer follow-up, or export logistics is preferred.
  • Able to manage customer inquiries, shipment updates, and service follow-up accurately.
  • Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills will be an added advantage.
  • Able to work with internal systems and maintain accurate customer or shipment-related updates.

Additional Skills

  • Strong spoken and written English communication skills are required.
  • Good communication skills with the ability to engage professionally with customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Proactive, responsible, and able to support urgent matters when needed.
  • Flexibility may be required to support urgent customer or operational matters when needed.
  • Local customer visits and weekend standby support may be required when necessary.

What's in it for you

  • Opportunity to build a career in sea logistics and export customer care.
  • Exposure to export shipment coordination, customer engagement, and international trade.
  • Opportunity to work closely with diverse customers and internal logistics teams.

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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