Leadership comes naturally to you — you know how to motivate people, keep an overview, and make sure processes run smoothly.
If you are this person, read below!
At Kuehne+Nagel in Zaandam, you can grow further as a Logistics Team Lead. You’ll take on more responsibility, support your team, and help improve daily operations in an international logistics environment.
Our Zaandam site handles the return logistics of the Netherlands’ biggest retailer, processing 400–600 trucks a day. To keep this running smoothly, we need a Team Lead who can stay in control and guide the team in the right direction. In this role, you focus on leading, coordinating, and staying ahead of what’s needed. When things get busy, you step in and support — because you believe the team succeeds together.
Your main tasks:
• Running your shift, dividing tasks, giving instructions, and checking the work.
• Supporting the Supervisor and replacing them when needed.
• Spotting and solving machine or process issues.
• Ensuring smooth receipt, cleaning, sorting, storage, and shipping of product carriers.
• Working according to safety procedures and making sure others do too.
Job Requirements
• Secondary vocational education level or similar work experience.
• At least 1 year of leadership experience in logistics or production.
• Several years of experience with technical or automated installations.
• Good English skills; Dutch is a plus.
• Willing to work in a 3-shift schedule.
Employment conditions
- Employment contract with Kuehne + Nagel
- €15,58hour gross (up to €18,46 per hour depending on experience) + calculated on base hours
About the company
With around 3,500 employees and 22 locations, Kuehne+Nagel is one of the largest distribution companies in the Netherlands. We handle global transport of goods by sea, air, inland shipping, and road. In addition, we help our customers optimize their (inter)national transport with smart IT solutions.
Bodengraven 
15.63 per hour 
Logistics 
40 hour