Sea Logistics Intern

Are you thinking about improving your career development and your professional growth? We invite you to join one of the most successful international logistics organizations here at Kuehne+Nagel. Our New York branch is looking for a new Sea Logistics Intern to join our Sea Logistics team

Your Role

Join us at Kuehne+Nagel for this exciting growth opportunity to kick-start your career in freight forwarding and logistics. In this 12 month rotational internship, you will get to experience different facets of our business and support multiple leaders in the industry. As our corporate Sea Logistics Intern, you will be responsible for assisting the corporate management team with process improvements, reporting, and big data analytics. You will analyze data sources in order to identify opportunities to support Trade Management, Customer Engagement and Events, and the Systems and Processes Teams in the development and execution of our overall strategy.

Your Responsibilities

• You will provide pricing and rate information as requested to those making inquiries of the Trade team, similar to a rate desk function
• Research and stay informed of market conditions, communicating these conditions and expectations of the future to the Kuehne+Nagel US organization so they are best prepared to deal and communicate with customers and make informed price decisions
• Take part and contribute to collaborative meetings discussing topics like carrier strategy, pricing policy, individual carrier deals and customer deals
• Ensure contracts are administratively in order and that all terms are agreed between Kuehne+Nagel  and carriers are reflected in the agreements, conditions and requirements are monitored and adhered to according to our SOP
• Assist in relevant business tasks like Executive Summaries, Business Objects (power BI) reporting, news-updates, and contract reviews
• Support with CustomerEngagement and Events – this includes the planning and execution of industry related seminars, administrativesupport, vendor set up and learning Kuehne+Nagel’s vendor management systems

Your Skills and Experiences

• Completed bachelor's degree in economics, business, supply chain management or related field
• Highly proficient in the Microsoft suite, in particular Excel (PivotTables and VLookups)
• Experience in Tableau, SAP, Alteryx or similar data management software is beneficial
• Proven ability to organize, prioritize, pay attention to details and set milestones to meet deadlines and achieve results

Good Reasons to Join

The target hourly compensation for this position is $21/hour. Internships are not eligible for our full-time employee benefits.