About this role
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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Serve as the primary on-site Human Resources leader, partnering with business leadership to drive HR strategies, employee relations, talent initiatives, and operational support for both exempt and non-exempt employees while ensuring efficient and effective execution of all local HR programs and day-to-day people practices.
## How you create impact
- Serve as the primary HR partner for the facility, providing visible, hands-on support to employees and management while maintaining a strong pulse on workplace culture and operations.
- Lead employee relations efforts, including counseling, investigations, conflict resolution, and guidance on workplace concerns.
- Partner with department leaders to provide HR consultation, support operational goals, and strengthen leadership effectiveness.
- Evaluate and enhance HR policies, procedures, and practices to ensure compliance, consistency, and organizational effectiveness.
- Develop and execute workforce planning and staffing strategies to meet business demands, including oversight of temporary labor vendors.
- Monitor and analyze key workforce metrics such as staffing levels, turnover, absenteeism, recruitment, promotions, and compensation using UKG/Kronos and other HR systems.
- Oversee payroll and employee benefits administration to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Drive employee development through supervisory training, compliance programs, and one-on-one coaching and mentoring of frontline leaders.
## What we would like you to bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field; HR certification (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP) preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of progressive Human Resources experience, including employee relations, workforce planning, and management support.
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish required, with the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.
- Strong knowledge of employment laws and regulations, including EEO, FMLA, ADA, workers’ compensation, wage and hour, benefits administration, and recruiting compliance.
- Experience in warehouse, distribution, logistics, or high-volume operational environments strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to coach leaders, facilitate team development, conduct investigations, and manage employee relations matters with professionalism and confidentiality.
- Proficiency with HRIS platforms (e.g., UKG/Kronos, Workday, ADP) and strong analytical skills for workforce reporting and trend analysis.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, with the ability to manage data, prepare reports, and support HR decision-making.
## 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 $85,000 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-Onsite
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Individuals with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process may contact us by sending an email to kn.taaccommodations.com
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support portions of the recruitment process, such as reviewing application materials or assisting with scheduling. These tools analyze information to help inform decision making; however, all hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.
This position relates to an available role and not a future talent pool.
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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