Solutions Manager

It's more than a job 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.

It's more than a job 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.

Following an exciting internal move, we are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking IS Solutions Manager to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering technology solutions that support the continued growth and success of Kuehne+Nagel UK Contract Logistics and Government & Defence.

Working closely with business stakeholders, UK and Global IS teams, and third-party partners, you will translate business requirements into secure, resilient and commercially effective solutions that create real value. From initial discovery and solution design through to implementation, adoption and benefits review, you will provide guidance and oversight throughout the entire lifecycle.

As well as managing and developing a talented team, you will influence decision-making across multiple functions, champion continuous improvement, and help drive innovation across our application and service portfolio. If you enjoy combining technical expertise with leadership, collaboration and strategic thinking, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic and growing business.

• Lead solution discovery, translating business and customer requirements into clear technical and functional solutions.
• Own the full solution lifecycle from concept and design through implementation, adoption and benefits realisation.
• Develop and assure solution designs, costings and implementation approaches to support growth, tenders and improvement initiatives.
• Ensure solution compliance with business strategy, architecture standards, governance requirements and best practices.
• Embed security, resilience, business continuity, data protection and risk management into all solution designs.
• Maintain oversight of the application and service portfolio, identifying optimisation, lifecycle and cost-efficiency opportunities.
• Collaborate with business leaders, suppliers and IS teams to prioritise demand, manage stakeholders and drive successful outcomes.
• Provide expert guidance on technology, suppliers, investments and emerging innovations to support business growth and operational excellence.

• Significant experience in solutions architecture, solution design or a senior IS role within a complex business environment.
• Proven ability to translate business and operational requirements into secure, resilient and scalable technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of application, data, integration and infrastructure architecture, including APIs and enterprise systems.
• Experie…