Business Analyst (m/f/d)

Kuehne+Nagel

JOB DESCRIPTION

It's more than a job

In this IT role, you will manage, develop, and support the technology infrastructure that powers Kuehne+Nagel’s global systems and operations. This contribution is vital to making both special and ordinary moments in the lives of people a reality. In fact, your work enables our teams to deliver fresh fruit, time-sensitive healthcare products and much more to people all around the world. Working in IT at Kuehne+Nagel contributes to more than we imagine.

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In this role, you will take ownership of the messaging domain within Kuehne+Nagel’s IT ecosystem, driving its development and continuously improving its capabilities. You will connect over 200 cloud-based applications and orchestrate their seamless integration through Apache Kafka, ensuring a scalable and reliable event-driven architecture. Working closely with the Product Lead, you will shape the strategy, roadmap, and core features of the Message + Event Platform while steering its evolution in line with business and technical requirements. You will translate customer ideas into actionable epics and user stories and iteratively build a robust central messaging platform that meets both functional and non-functional demands. Additionally, you will act as a servant leader for the development team, providing direction, enabling collaboration, and supporting effective technical decision-making

How you create impact

Define, align and drill down the roadmap together with a highly talented and experienced development team based on customer needs
Be in contact with our customers and connect the needs with the roadmap of the Message + Event Platform
Translate the vision into manageable roadmap items to be implemented with the team
Specify user stories and epics based on the needs of our customers
Define and derive (non-functional) requirements based on the needs of our clients
Evaluate and refine the upcoming tasks within the team.

What we would like you to bring

Degree in an information technology area or proven experience
3+ years of experience as a product owner, business analyst, or similar role in an agile software development environment
You are an expert in requirements engineering in agile projects
You are passionate to maintain a backlog to support the team to focus on the valuable items for customers
You are aware what it means to create and operate a centralized platform used by numerous business critical systems
You like to understand customer needs on a technical level and can transform those into implementable requirements for the platform
Ideally you are familiar with one major messaging technology (Apache Kafka welcome)
Ideally you are familiar with one of the major cloud providers (AWS welcome)
Fluent in written and spoken English.

What's in it for you

You will have a direct influence on the future of logistics and IT. Your colleagues are experts who shape the IT industry in Portugal and worldwide. We want you to feel comfortable in your working surroundings. Therefore, we are offering you flexible working hours and mobile working arrangements. We value teamwork, continuous learning, and diversity. Kuehne+Nagel offers you a custom-made career – through individual planning and supervisors who support and advise you in every way. You get supported by many work-life balance offerings and supplementary health insurance.

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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Contact

Naim Yildiz

+49304036371409