IS Solutions Manager in Birmingham

**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 youre 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 warehouseit helps shape the flow of global trade.
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Following an exciting internal move, we are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking IS Solutions Manager to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering technology solutions that support the continued growth and success of Kuehne+Nagel UK Contract Logistics and Government & Defence.
Working closely with business stakeholders, UK and Global IS teams, and third-party partners, you will translate business requirements into secure, resilient and commercially effective solutions that create real value. From initial discovery and solution design through to implementation, adoption and benefits review, you will provide guidance and oversight throughout the entire lifecycle.
As well as managing and developing a talented team, you will influence decision-making across multiple functions, champion continuous improvement, and help drive innovation across our application and service portfolio. If you enjoy combining technical expertise with leadership, collaboration and strategic thinking, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic and growing business.
**How you create impact**
Lead solution discovery, translating business and customer requirements into clear technical and functional solutions.
Own the full solution lifecycle from concept and design through implementation, adoption and benefits realisation.
Develop and assure solution designs, costings and implementation approaches to support growth, tenders and improvement initiatives.
Ensure solution compliance with business strategy, architecture standards, governance requirements and best practices.
Embed security, resilience, business continuity, data protection and risk management into all solution designs.
Maintain oversight of the application and service portfolio, identifying optimisation, lifecycle and cost-efficiency opportunities.
Collaborate with business leaders, suppliers and IS teams to prioritise demand, manage stakeholders and drive successful outcomes.
Provide expert guidance on technology, suppliers, investments and emerging innovations to support business growth and operational excellence.
**What we would like you to bring**
Significant experience in solutions architecture, solution design or a senior IS role within a complex business environment.
Proven ability to translate business and operational requirements into secure, resilient and scalable technology solutions.
Strong understanding of application, data, integration and infrastructure architecture, including APIs and enterprise systems.
Experience developing business cases, solution proposals, cost models and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders and customers.
Sound knowledge of cybersecurity, data privacy, business continuity, disaster recovery and service management principles.
Commercially minded, with experience in supplier management, licensing, contracts, total cost of ownership and vendor performance.
Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
Analytical, collaborative and improvement-focused, with the ability to balance priorities, drive decisions and identify opportunities for innovation and business value.
Desirable: Experience within logistics, warehousing, transport or Government & Defence environments, alongside relevant professional qualifications or certifications in architecture, information systems, security, service management or cloud technologies.
**What's in it for you**
Join Kuehne+Nagel and build your future with us. We believe in recognising and rewarding the commitment, expertise and passion our people bring every day. In return, you'll enjoy a competitive benefits package, including 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional leave through length of service.
You'll also have access to our contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension scheme and our Route 2 Rewards programme, offering employee discounts, recognition initiatives, wellbeing resources and a dedicated wellbeing centre to support you both professionally and personally.
As a proud holder of the Gold Armed Forces Covenant Award, we are committed to being a forces friendly employer and actively welcome applications from service leavers, reservists and veterans. We recognise the valuable skills, experience and perspectives they bring to our business and are proud to support their transition into civilian careers.
**Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.**
**Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks**
**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.
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