Location: Cranbury,NJ, USA
Would you like to launch your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel, our Jersey City site is looking for a new National Vendor Qualification Specialist to join our Contract Logistics team.
Your Role
In this role you will coordinate and supervise the Supplier & Carrier Qualification and Onboarding team, to ensure that suppliers are evaluated based on their ability to provide quality service, which is in line with Kuehne + Nagel's QSHE, Finance and Compliance Supplier Code of Conduct requirements.
Your Responsibilities
* Maintain critical documentation in RMIS, CMS, and SMT ensuring supplier status is up to date.
* Actively engagement with BU/FU Stakeholders and end-users to ensure business disruptions due to supplier management issues are kept to a minimum.
* Establish and maintain Governance & Policies for Supplier Qualification
* Fostering strong relations with national leadership team, Procurement BU/FU stakeholders & suppliers
* Manage risks to support business continuity
* Reject or approve qualification questionnaires / applications based on review or responses and submissions.
* Trigger escalations to Business Unit, Compliance and QSHE Managers when appropriate.
* Active suspension or activation of vendor codes within ACON financial system.
* Maintain key supplier relationship SRM
Your Skills and Experiences
* A degree in Supply chain Management or equivalent work experience
* 5+ years in a supply chain or warehousing environment
* 3-5 years of experience with vendor verification or onboarding
* 3+ years of experience using tools such as SMT, RMIS, Supplier Portal, TCF, KNVM, and ACON
* Working knowledge of QSHE and finance processes
* Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Outlook) is preferred
Good Reasons to Join
There has never been a better time to work in logistics. Bring your skills to an industry that offers stability and international career growth. We offer a great compensation and medical/dental benefits package, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment. #LI-Hybrid