As one of the world's leading logistics companies, we have opened a new IT Hub in Porto, Portugal. Our goal is to accelerate digital technologies for our global customers, focusing on the development of new mission-critical products, e-solutions, and new digital services in accordance with the strategy of Kuehne+Nagel.

　　Your Role

　　Provide strategic leadership to establish governance principles and frameworks enduringly and identify & and drive improvement initiatives to increase people and organizational capabilities across the IT function. Support strategic IT initiatives by applying structured project and product methodologies to existing processes on the IT and BU side, thereby increasing consistency and successful project and product implementation across the organization.

　　Your Responsibilities

　　Support the definition of policies, processes, strategies, standards, and guidelines using best practice frameworks, whilst reviewing current approaches and suggesting improvements

　　Develop and enhance an IT governance model and processes to achieve a flexible, efficient approach for continuously improving processes and maximizing effectiveness.

　　Serve as the governance authority, in collaboration with respective internal subject matter experts, and enforce relevant technology, compliance, quality, privacy, and security standards and policies for all products within the enterprise.

　　Proactively identify the resources, and structural and cultural changes necessary to ensure that the KN Product Organization is agile and adaptable to execute business strategy.

　　Develop and implement recommendations to solve complex Business Unit or process-specific ambiguous problems.

　　Ensure specific metrics and measures are incorporated into solutions enabling continuous improvement.

　　Collaborate with IT & BU Leaders as well as the Finance function to support the preparation, management, and optimization of the annual IT budget.

　　Your Skills and Experiences

　　Ability to translate technical or complex concepts into user-friendly language.

　　Ability to collaborate, working closely with both functional and technical teams.

　　Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills

　　Ability to remain flexible as priorities change, adaptable to change, and able to accept ambiguity.

　　Ability to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions and organizational goals.

　　Excellent written and verbal communication, advocacy, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate concepts and reports to technical and non-technical audiences.

　　Experience in application development and lifecycle, with familiarity in diverse IT On-prem and IT Cloud infrastructure topics and technologies, including APIs.

　　Exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.

　　Good Reasons to Join

　　Your work will have a direct influence on the future of logistics and IT. Your colleagues are experts who shape the IT industry in Portugal and worldwide. We want you to feel comfortable in your working surroundings. Therefore, we are offering you flexible working hours and mobile working arrangements. We value teamwork, continuous learning, and diversity. Kuehne + Nagel is offering you a custom-made career – through individual planning and supervisors who support and advise you in every way. Personally, you get supported by a lot of work-life balance offerings and supplementary health insurance.

　　Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: [email protected] with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.