Contract Logistics 1st Shift Quality Specialist - Southaven, MS

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.

The Contract Logistics Quality Specialist will provide valuable assistance to the Quality Manager with ongoing GXP regulatory compliance responsibilities, including conducting training sessions, performing thorough process audits, managing document control, and supporting the completion of TIP activities. As an integral member of the quality team, you will actively contribute to various compliance-related matters, support client process audits for both inbound and outbound shipments, and assist with internal training and compliance initiatives. This includes facilitating onboarding programs as well as organizing and delivering recurring training sessions for all associates to ensure continuous adherence to quality standards. You will be scheduled to work Monday through Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day, with an hourly wage of $20.00. Payments for your work will be processed and made on a weekly basis.

How you create impact

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Compliance-related inquiries from internal employees and management, guiding them to the appropriate support resources
• Coordinate with DCM and LQM to acquire all required documents and information needed to successfully complete tasks
• Facilitation of Training and New Employee Orientation in collaboration with the Operations Manager and/or Quality Manager
• Maintain exemplary documentation practices consistently throughout the facility
• Manage GXP training records to guarantee that training matrices remain current and precise
• Develop a comprehensive training plan for current associates to guarantee regular and ongoing skill development
• Facilitate retraining initiatives to ensure successful completion of CAPA
• Monitor training progress to ensure all training and retraining deadlines are consistently met
• Provide support and coordination for tasks and activities related to meetings, presentations, and training sessions as required
• Engage actively in program projects and contribute to the development and implementation of training initiatives
• Conduct inspections and audits as necessary to ensure compliance and quality standards are met
• Facilitate client-specific order audits to guarantee the accuracy of each order
• Ensure Consistent Compliance with Documentation Standards
• Support Management with the Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) program (TIP) by ensuring comprehensive and effective performance of Root Cause Analysis
• Support the maintenance of calibration records, temperature control reports, and equipment for both KN and customer assets
• Deliver high-quality guidance and support to local employees

What we would like you to bring

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• High school diploma or equivalent qualification

External Candidates:

• Preferred qualifications include at least two years of experience in a regulatory environment
• Experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare or logistics industry a plus

Internal Candidates:

• Familiarity with KN's QSHE policies, guidelines, and work instructions
• ACON user
• Prior experience in a GXP-regulated environment is highly desirable

What's in it for you

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. #LI-onsite

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 eligible roles. 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. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.

Kuehne+Nagel is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful retaliation. Kuehne+Nagel strictly prohibits all discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sexual orientation, citizenship status, protected activity (such as opposition to or reporting of prohibited discrimination or harassment. Kuehne+Nagel will also make reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees, including accommodations for pregnancy and childbirth, and for the sincerely held religious beliefs of applicants and employees depending upon individual circumstances unless such accommodation would create an undue hardship on Kuehne+Nagel.

Kuehne+Nagel participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.