Applying technology to supply chains: Kuehne+Nagel opens a Tech Hub in Porto

With more than 200 jobs for highly skilled software engineers in Porto, the new hub contributes to Kuehne+Nagel’s goal of accelerating digital technologies for its global customers.
As one of the world's leading logistics companies, Kuehne+Nagel has opened a
new IT competence centre in Portugal. Kuehne+Nagel’s Porto IT Hub contributes
significantly to the company's goal of accelerating digital technologies for
its global customers. It focuses on the development of new mission-critical
products, e-solutions and new digital services. This will advance
Kuehne+Nagel’s digital core logistics processes with more efficiency through
standardisation and automation.
Kuehne+Nagel plans to hire more than 200 highly skilled software engineers in Porto by end of 2023. Porto is home to a vibrant international tech scene, new startups and development labs with highly skilled technology professionals from the country and abroad. Internationally recognised events such as the annually held Web Summit, confirm Portugal’s leading position in the tech sector.
The new home of this technology hub opens its doors on 6 December and will
be located in Porto's city centre, in Marquês, more specifically in Rua Latino
Coelho. The building has two floors reserved for Kuehne+Nagel in a modern and
avant-garde environment that will host the day-to-day life of our talents.
The investment in hybrid work is presented as one of the factors to convince people to join the Swiss-German company and broaden the recruitment scale: people from all over the country can work for Kuehnel+Nagel as long as they show up a few times a month at the Porto office.
"We came to stay. Porto is a great place to be! Along with this vibrant
an energetic atmosphere, our Centre has been designed to offer to our talents
an exciting collaborative working place, allowing all our employees to interact
with multi-disciplinary teams located all over the world.", says Gonçalo
Bastos Sá, Head of IT Center for Porto.
About Kuehne+Nagel
Founded in 1890 in Germany but headquartered in Switzerland, Kuehne+Nagel is considered one of the largest logistics companies in the world. Specialising in sea and air freight, the company has been established in Portugal since the 1980s for this type of function.
With 74,000 employees at 1,400 locations in over 100 countries, the
Kuehne+Nagel Group is one of the world's leading logistics companies. Its
strong market position lies in Sea Logistics, Air Logistics, Road Logistics and
Contract Logistics, with a clear focus on integrated logistics solutions.