Administration & Data Manager

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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Following an internal promotion, we are excited to offer an opportunity for a Data & Administration Manager to join our QSHE team. In this key role, you will act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Data & Administration, working closely with fellow QSHE specialists across Health & Safety, Air, Learning & Development, Dangerous Goods Safety, and Quality. You will play a pivotal role in enabling data-driven decision making by transforming complex information into actionable insights, while developing, implementing, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure and enhance operational effectiveness across the business.

## How you create impact

- Support, and develop the QSHE Administration team, promoting a positive, high-performing, and collaborative working environment.
- Poviding expert support to the team utlising extensive knowledge of MS office to include Excel & Power BI
- Manage day-to-day people responsibilities, ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and employment practices.
- Set clear objectives, provide regular feedback, and encourage continuous learning and professional development.
- Act as a trusted point of contact, providing guidance and facilitating access to specialist knowledge when required.
- Oversee the accurate collection, management, analysis, and reporting of operational and QSHE data to support informed decision-making.
- Develop, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs), identifying trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support compliance with health, safety, quality, and environmental standards through effective monitoring and reporting processes.
- Collaborate with QSHE managers and wider stakeholders to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to QSHE activities and objectives.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, projects, and performance reviews by providing data-driven insights and recommendations.
- Ensure administrative processes, reporting activities, and resource requirements are managed effectively to support business needs and operational excellence.

## What we would like you to bring

- Confident using data analysis and reporting tools, including advanced Excel and VBA.
- Able to analyse complex data, identify trends, and turn findings into clear, practical recommendations.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to support operational and administrative decision-making.
- Understanding of quality, compliance, health, safety, and environmental standards and their application within a business environment.
- Experience handling sensitive and confidential information with accuracy and integrity.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly to a variety of stakeholders.
- Skilled in creating and maintaining reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.
- Well-organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
- Committed to continuous improvement, using data and insights to enhance processes and performance.
- Able to identify potential risks and support the development of effective preventative and improvement actions.

## What's in it for you

Join Kuehne+Nagel and build your future with us. We believe in recognising and rewarding the commitment, expertise and passion our people bring every day. In return, you'll enjoy a competitive benefits package, including 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional leave through length of service.

You'll also have access to our contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension scheme and our Route 2 Rewards programme, offering employee discounts, recognition initiatives, wellbeing resources and a dedicated wellbeing centre to support you both professionally and personally.

As a proud holder of the Gold Armed Forces Covenant Award, we are committed to being a forces friendly employer and actively welcome applications from service leavers, reservists and veterans. We recognise the valuable skills, experience and perspectives they bring to our business and are proud to support their transition into civilian careers.

Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process.  This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation.  This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.

Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks

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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