Kuehne+Nagel
Warehouse Security Control Manager
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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 you’re 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 warehouse—it helps shape the flow of global trade.
Following a recent internal promotion, we are now inviting applications for the position of Security Manager. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated professional to play a key role in safeguarding our warehouse operations and ensuring the security of our physical stock across the site.
Role Overview
Reporting directly to the Operations Manager and working closely with the wider Security Support Team, the successful candidate will take responsibility for the day to day management of all security related activities within the warehouse environment. You will be responsible for overseeing security processes, maintaining robust controls, and ensuring that all relevant standards, policies, and procedures are consistently implemented and adhered to.
The Security Manager will lead investigations into security incidents, identify potential risks and vulnerabilities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen site security. You will work collaboratively with operational teams to promote a strong security culture, ensuring colleagues understand and follow established procedures designed to protect our people, assets, and customers' goods.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage and monitor security processes and procedures to ensure customer and legal security codes, protocols and standards are in place
- Ensure the storage and movement of project related assets are maintained in accordance with classified storage and movement policies
- Maintain and protect the integrity, availability and confidentially of customer assets by providing security co-ordination and supervision
- Undertake QSHE Investigations as required for safety compliance including root cause analysis, trend tracking and improvement plans.
- Provide daily tactical direction, coordination, and guidance on all areas of protective security to the project.
- Report any security incidents and manage response
- Provide daily tactical direction, coordination and guidance on all areas of protective security project
- Manage staff training along with conducting line manage briefs
- Coach and mentor staff
- Monitor continuous improvement
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Warehouse systems experience including storage, distribution of classified security principles and practices
- Understanding of UK HMG/Civil service policies and procedures
- Experience working within a confidential and security conscious environment (Police, Military, civil service)
- Experience in using QA audit regimes to measure and monitor compliance to security and operational WMS standards
- Leadership, financial and strategic management experience coupled with commercial awareness
- Problem solving along with analytical skills
What We Offer
If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will ensure you are rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You will receive 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional days through service. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and benefit from our Route 2 Rewards scheme, which offers discounts, benefit information, recognition, and access to a wellbeing centre.
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Application Process
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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