Delivery Manager / Team Lead (m/f/d)

at  KuehneNagel

As one of the world’s leading logistics companies 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. Join our fascinating and international working environment and be part of the team responsible for the further development of our digital logistics processes.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• Degree in computer science or similar or equivalent experience
• Previous experience in team management, preferably in IT
• Proactivity and ability to perform duties without immediate supervision, to exercise sound judgment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to communicate with all levels of the staff and stakeholders.
• Team-oriented work style and good leadership skills
• Good understanding of IT product organization
• Relevant technical knowledge and experience in the products managed by the team
• High level of written and spoken English
• Readiness to travel on regular basis

YOUR ROLE

Kuehne + Nagel is looking for a delivery manager/Team lead (M/F/D) to support our agile software development team in building and maintaining our customer´s solutions. With your agile mind-set, passion for new technologies and proactivity you will understand our customer´s needs and provide them the best solutions.The aim of the position is to act as a functional manager for a team of IT specialist and ensure the capacity of a team. The Team Lead works in close contact with Product Lead and acts as a link between a product organization (Product Lead) and his / her team to ensure delivery of agreed product goals.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Being Functional Team Lead in SALOG team.
• Run and maintain daily processes in an effective and efficient manner ensuring that the team objectives are achieved on time:Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture.Evaluate processes and make recommendations for improvements.Define team targets jointly with Product Lead based on agreed OKR’s. Monitor team performance and report on metrics.Participate in recruitment process and responsible for onboarding new team members. Ensures that new team member has undergone training successfully.Manage workload and reporting: planning and organizing work assignments, resource and capacity planning.Responsible for defining team members’ technical as well as personal development needs and support development of team and individual team members by using coaching style.Regular performance and potential review of the team members including defining targets on team and individual level. Following up on targets and personal development on regular basisPlan team member vacations and keep an overview of their usage.Support further development of the solutions entrusted to the department of their usage.
• Management of and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers
• Overall responsibility for related development activities
• Other one-time tasks assigned by Manager.