Executive Vice President, QuickSTAT

It’s more than a job

When you work in Freight Logistics and Operations at Kuehne+Nagel, you play a key role in optimising processes and ensuring that inventory and shipments move efficiently. But that is not all. Your work also helps ensure that vital medicines reach patients on time and supports other essential deliveries, from wind turbines to semiconductors. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

How you create impact

The Executive Vice President, Quick

STAT is a senior strategic leader responsible for driving growth, operational excellence, and long‑term value creation across the Quick

STAT business unit. This role requires extraordinary leadership; the ability to inspire teams, shape culture, and deliver results in complex, fast‑moving environments.

You will be required to skillfully balance flexibility, strategic thinking, leadership, and stakeholder management, while consistently translating business requirements into fit‑for‑purpose, high‑impact solutions. You will foster collaboration and alignment across the business unit, modelling the leadership behaviors expected at the executive level and creating an environment where teams can excel.

• Define and execute Quick

STAT’s long‑term strategy, ensuring alignment with group priorities and market opportunities

• Oversee end‑to‑end operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and scalability across all functions

• Lead financial performance, including revenue growth, profitability, forecasting, and resource allocation

• Deliver on quarterly RFC and annual target with respect to key company KPI’s, including but not limited to gross profit, and net profit

• Build, mentor, and inspire high‑performing teams; cultivate a culture of accountability, innovation, and inclusion

• Partner with product, finance, HR, marketing, and technology leaders to drive integrated execution

• Maintain deep understanding of customer needs, competitive dynamics, and emerging trends to guide strategic decisions

• Lead transformation initiatives, champion organizational agility, and navigate ambiguity with confidence and clarity

• Represent Quick

STAT to internal and external stakeholders, including board members, partners, and key customers.

What we would like you to bring

Visionary Thinking:
Sees around corners, anticipates disruption, and sets a bold direction

Inspiring Influence:
Motivates teams through authenticity, clarity, and purpose, not authority alone

Decisive Action:
Makes high‑stakes decisions with speed, rigor, and accountability

Culture Building:
Creates an environment where people do the best work of their careers

Resilience & Adaptability:
Leads with steadiness through uncertainty, pressure, and change

Enterprise Mindset:
Prioritizes what’s best for the business, not just areas of the business

• 15+ years of senior leadership experience with a track record of delivering sustained business results

• Proven success leading large, complex teams across multiple functions and geographies

• Demonstrated ability to scale businesses in dynamic and competitive markets

• Exceptional communication and executive presence with the ability to influence at all levels

• Experience driving transformation, organizational, digital, operational, or cultural

• Advanced degree preferred

What's in it for you

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 $200,000 and $250,000. 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. We review pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data. #LI-PD1

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