Kuehne + Nagel Ltd Jobs in Kenya

Kuehne + Nagel Ltd is one of the world’s leading logistics group with about 55,000 employees stationed at over 900 locations in over 100 countries worldwide and are skilled in all forms of global transport by sea, air, overland and in providing high quality integrated logistics services. Kuehne + Nagel is headquartered in Schindellegi, Switzerland.
Customer Service - Airfreight

Kuehne + Nagel seeks to recruit a dynamic and self-motivated individual to the position of Customer Service, Airfreight to be based in Nairobi and will be reporting to the Manager, Head of Sales.
Requirements:
  • Diploma in Sales and Marketing/Public Relations
  • 3 years experience in Customer Service in the Freight and Logistics industry
  • Excellent communication skills and team player
  • Analytical skills with ability to pay attention to detail
  • Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites
Responsibilities

  • Responding to current and new clients’ querries and planning for Sales Executive’s meeting with clients.
  • Preparation of periodic sales and customer service reports and submision of the same to the Head of Sales.
  • In charge of clients documentation including filing and retrieval.
  • Maintain relevant records and statistics on customer database.
  • Prepare clearing and forwarding instructions.
  • Sending airfreight instructions to the relevant Kuehne + Nagel stations.
  • In liaison with the Manager, Airfreight Imports and Sales Executive Airfrieght, prepare rate proposals for both existing and new clients.
  • Assisting in other areas within the Sales Department.
Logistics Management Trainee

Kuehne + Nagel seeks to recruit a dynamic and self-motivated individual to the position of Logistics Management Trainee to be based in Mombasa and will be reporting to the Branch Manager, Mombasa.
Requirements:
  • A Bachelors degree in Business Management/Administration with a postgraduate Diploma in Shipping, Warehousing or Maritime related studies.
  • Should have knowlegde in Accounts with reasonable past working experience.
  • Demonstrate strong ability to co-ordinate and prioritise urgent tasks and workloads.
  • Be at least 27 years with 2 years experience in a busy working environment.
  • Should be a team player with good interpersonal relations and ability to fit quickly in a group.
  • Must be Computer Literate with proficiency in MS Office packages.
Responsibilities
  • Discharge supervisory roles in preparation of financial reports and raising invoices to clients for completed tasks.
  • Liaising with other Departments to generate and present Bond reports on regular basis for effective optimal utilisation levels.
  • Generate relevant management Reports for budgeting, sales and customer support
  • Follow up on port shipment releases, loadings and issue update on the current shipments
  • Ensuring effective FS -Ciel closing of completed task and monitoring of costs
Qualified candidates should send their applications indicating the position applied including a cover letter complete with a detailed updated CV, passport size photograph, certificates and testimonials, three referees with their contacts and your daytime telephone contact to the address below.

Applications should reach us on or before 23rd July, 2010, addressed to;

The Human Resource Manager
Kuehne + Nagel Ltd
P.O. Box 69979
Nairobi, 00400
Kenya