Unilever chooses Kuehne + Nagel as logistics partner in Romania
From a purpose-built facility located close to Ploiesti, near Bucharest, Kuehne + Nagel will provide warehousing services for Unilever’s HPC product range in the Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Moldovan markets. After the reception of stock from Unilever’s manufacturing plants across Europe, Kuehne + Nagel will securely store and handle the goods and will provide a range of value-adding functions. Once the operations are fully implemented, a staff of over 200 will be working at the facility. As a key enabler, Kuehne + Nagel has developed customised interfaces to link its warehouse management system to Unilever’s existing IT architecture.
Martin Whitcombe, USCC’s European Customer Logistics Director, said: “We are extremely happy to have chosen Kuehne + Nagel and believe their expertise in starting similar distribution facilities will ensure that the go-live of the new distribution centre will be very successful. As we use Kuehne + Nagel in a number of different European locations, we are confident that service levels will be equally as impressive as in all operations we manage together. Our consumers in South Eastern Europe will benefit hugely from this partnership, as we will be now even closer
to serve their local demand.”
“We are very proud to have been appointed by USCC for South Eastern Europe as this represents a quantum leap in our strategy to further develop Kuehne + Nagel’s contract logistics services in the region”, said Pierpaolo Sironi, Managing Director of Kuehne + Nagel Romania. “Together with USCC we will create innovative logistics solutions with a cost-efficient operational approach.