Area Road Logistics Manager

As a member of the Freight Forwarding team Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in transporting goods, optimising processes, and fulfilling our customers' promises. And by transporting medicines, toys and important machine parts, you are not only delivering goods, you are making small and big moments possible for people all around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, our contribution counts in more ways than we imagine.

We are looking for an experienced Branch Manager – Road Logistics to lead our Hyderabad business, with end-to-end responsibility for operational performance, customer management, people leadership and P&L. This is a predominantly operations-focused leadership role (70% Operations / 30% Strategic), with a strong mandate to ensure operational excellence while driving sustainable and profitable business growth. The role will manage an established team and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to deliver seamless customer service, strengthen relationships and identify opportunities to expand the business.

Own the overall P&L and business performance of the Hyderabad branch.

Lead day-to-day trucking and transportation operations, ensuring service quality, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Manage vendor and transportation partners to ensure consistent service delivery and operational performance.

Own key customer relationships, proactively managing feedback, service issues and opportunities for continuous improvement.

Lead and develop the branch team, ensuring clear objectives, accountability and strong engagement.

Drive commercial performance by identifying opportunities for business growth, customer acquisition and expansion.

Work closely with the national organization and key stakeholders to deliver agreed financial, operational and strategic objectives.

Identify opportunities to improve processes, implement best practices and strengthen operational excellence.

Support commercial activities including business opportunities, solution development, pricing and customer proposals.