Program Director - Groveport

It's more than a job

As part of the Contract Logistics Unit 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.

If you are a current Kuehne+Nagel employee: Please ensure applications are submitted by 6/22/2026. KN is committed to supporting internal career growth, and internal candidates will be considered first. When necessary, external candidates will be reviewed to ensure the best fit for the role and business needs.

The right candidate will have a continuous improvement mindset and a tendency toward 5S in the workplace.

The Program Director will be responsible for a multi-site operation for our new Hyperscale vertical. The Program Director is responsible for the safety, financial, operational and customer excellence that the distribution centers provide to our customer and to Kuehne+Nagel. The Program director will report directly to the vertical's Director.

How you create impact

• Manage safety and programs including best practice to support IFR of <2.5
• Manage all department finances, including achieving monthly targets and provide budget files internally
• Implement new building and install operational excellence throughout
• Ensure all SOP's and WI's meet the operational requirements and minimize any process exposure
• Provide consistency across both sites in operations including visual management and reporting
• Ensure all service goals are meeting standards and understand cause and implement corrective action if not
• Develop and present content for QBR's in addition to the site managers
• Support best practice across both operations
• Provide network reporting for internal and external requirements
• Coach, guide and evaluate GM's and OM's across department
• Negotiate and support with any new business and SOW
• Absorb and evaluate customer corporate requests to allow GM's to run operation
• Improve within operations. Ensure teams have a pipeline of active and future projects
• Review and provide guidance on any commercial or legal requirements
• Build relationship between customer and Kuehne+Nagel to retain customers business and future growth opportunities

What we would like you to bring

• 7+ years Supply Chain and General Manager experience
• Bachelors Degree required and Master's preferred
• Travel whenever required
• Excellent knowledge of supply chain processes
• Creative problem-solving
• Excellent organizational and project management skills

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the technology 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.