Supply Chain Modelling Expert

The Kuehne Climate Center develops and implements solutions that transform logistics from a major source of emissions into an enabler of an effective climate transition. By decarbonizing logistics and supply chains and enabling the logistics required for industrial transformation, we aim to achieve durable, measurable, and meaningful climate impact.

To achieve systemic impact at the scale of entire industries, countries, or regions, KCC is establishing a dedicated Scaling Team. Working closely with the Applied Research and Impact Delivery functions, the Scaling Team will evaluate the economic and ecological viability of potential solutions, develop business and implementation models for scaling, and mobilize the partners, financing, and operational structures required to implement solutions at scale.

As Supply Chain Modelling Expert at KCC, you will develop quantitative supply chain and business models that help evaluate, design, and scale innovative logistics solutions for climate transformation. Working under the guidance of the Scaling Team Leader and in collaboration with colleagues across KCC, you will turn supply chain data, technical concepts, and economic assumptions into robust analyses and practical business models. Your work will help determine which solutions are economically and ecologically viable, how they should be designed and implemented, and what is required to achieve meaningful climate impact at scale.
In particular you will

• Develop quantitative supply chain and business models for innovative, climate-friendly logistics and supply chain solutions, evaluating their economic viability, ecological impact, and potential for large-scale implementation
• Conduct techno-economic and financial analyses, including capital and operating cost modelling (CapEx/OpEx), investment requirements, net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), break-even analyses, and sensitivity and scenario assessments, comparing proposed solutions with existing industry practices
• Analyse and model supply chain networks, including transport and logistics structures, network optimization, infrastructure and location choices, capacity requirements, material and product flows, and greenfield or brownfield development options
• Develop cost projections and business models along supply chains, assessing cost curves, economic incentives, value creation, and investment requirements for different actors and network components, and identifying conditions for commercially viable solutions
• Collect, structure, and analyse supply chain, market, and operational data, including data from regions with limited information availability, using transparent assumptions, uncertainty ranges, and scenario-based approaches to develop robust and credible models
• Develop and improve modelling methodologies and tools, including reusable supply chain model blueprints, standardized data and process interfaces, and digital modelling approaches such as digital twins, ensuring models can be adapted and used by regional teams and local partners
• Translate modelling results into decision-ready insights and recommendations, providing transparent, quantitative evidence on business viability, investment requirements, supply chain performance, and climate impact. Clearly communicate assumptions, uncertainties, and trade-offs to support the Scaling Team Leader's portfolio assessments and scaling strategies, as well as decisions by internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with the Scaling Team Leader and colleagues in Applied Research and Impact Delivery, contributing analytical expertise throughout the development of innovative solutions, from initial opportunity assessment to pilot validation and planning for implementation at scale

The KCC is a subsidiary of the Kuehne Foundation in Schindellegi, Switzerland. Established in 1976 by the Kühne family and is one of the largest foundations in the German-speaking world. As an operational foundation it is involved in the areas of logistics, medicine, culture and, since the beginning of 2023, climate action. The Foundation is independent, operational and international.