Warehouse Supervisor - 3rd Shift
About the role
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.
In this role as a Warehouse Operations Supervisor at our distribution center in Piscataway, NJ, you will lead a team and have general responsibility for coordinating daily warehouse activities to ensure the full and efficient operation of your assigned area. The right candidate will have a continuous improvement mindset and a tendency towards 5S in the workplace. As a 3PL provider, we will count on your leadership skills to help drive excellent service for our valued customers.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and develop the performance of your team through effective training, coaching, and motivational strategies
- Drive a culture of belonging in a diverse workforce where all associates feel safe, valued, and included
- Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide timely feedback to team members
- Implement strategies to ensure the highest quality of work, optimize warehouse efficiency and productivity, and meet or exceed KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
- Ensure safe operations and healthy environments for employees, customers, vendors, and visitors
- Ensure shipments are accurate and free of damage, product is counted, and all necessary records and reports are completed accurately and on time
- Help maintain the security of the warehouse and assure the integrity of inventory
- Implement continuous improvement action plans
- Be flexible to work overtime and perform other responsibilities as needed
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 3+ years of experience in a warehouse environment
- 2 or more years in a supervisory role
- At least 1 year of experience operating powered industrial trucks
- Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Benefits
- Great compensation and medical/dental benefits packages
- Employee discounts
- Tuition reimbursement
- Excellent training programs
- 401k retirement savings plan
- Incentive compensation for eligible roles
A dynamic global work environment with opportunities for career mobility.
Pay
The target base salary range for this position is between $65,000 and $68,000. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package. 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.
Schedule
Thursday - Monday, 7:30 pm - 4:00 am.