Logistics 2nd Shift Wave Planner Specialist - Union , Ga

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.

Are you motivated to deliver exceptional results and provide outstanding customer service? Are you eager to collaborate with a dedicated team in a dynamic and welcoming work environment located at our beautiful site in Union City, Georgia? If so, we invite you to consider joining Kuehne+Nagel as a Contract Logistics Wave Planner. In this critical role, the Contract Logistics Wave Planner is responsible for ensuring that customer orders and freight are transported efficiently and accurately between Kuehne+Nagel facilities.

Timely delivery and precise fulfillment of customer orders are paramount to our success. To accomplish this, the Wave Planner will work closely with Inbound and Outbound leadership teams, as well as the Production and Control departments and courier services. This collaboration ensures seamless execution of logistics operations, with each stakeholder held accountable for meeting service standards and contributing to overall customer satisfaction.

Your coordination and attention to detail will sustain Kuehne+Nagel’s high service standards. Your schedule is Monday to Friday, 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 a.m., with $22.50 hourly pay, paid weekly including shift differential.

• Responsible for the daily planning of transfer orders based on
• Must be a US citizen
• Current order volume and daily production goals vs one month inventory in one Distridution Center and the majority of the reserve inventory in another Distribution Center
• Manage shuttle of inventory in a timely manner to ensure smooth production
• Responsible for weekly service metric review for the facilities and on-time performance of the shuttles, route guide compliance, spot shipment performance, etc.
• Ensure carrier receipt and response of daily load tenders
• Track loads and hold carriers, dedicated fleet accountable to on-time pick-up and delivery
• Communicate frequently with internal / external customers and carriers
• Identify and execute continuous improvement opportunities

• Minimum of 5 years related work experience in Supply Chain
• Must possess industry knowledge and terminology, strong communication and analytical skills with the ability to quickly analyze problem situations and make fact based decisions
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; expertise in Excel, Word, and Power Point

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 great compensation and medical/dental benefits packages, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment.

At Kuehne+Nagel 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. 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…