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Head of Airfreight

10-12 Years
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Job Description

Differentiator:
  • Lead the sub-function on a country level
  • Establish and implement strategies that have short to long-term (1-5 years) impact on business results in alignment with global and functional objectives
Key Activities
  • Formulate airfreight operations strategy in line with country business strategy and requirements, global guidelines and policies.
  • Lead planning and implementation of airfreight operations plans, measures and budgets to achieve operational results driving profitability, volume growth and service expansion.
  • Develop plans, organize and control large country projects and initiatives to provide fast, reliable, efficient and affordable airfreight operations solutions
  • Lead effective airfreight operations management through end-to-end capacity management, optimization of network procurement, implementation of consolidation opportunities, etc.
  • Oversee and take decisions for operation sites, procurement of capacity, technical support (buying, capacity, etc.) and local purchasing in country according to global policy.
  • Monitor and act on preferred carrier usage and related incentive deals in the country.
  • Steer market profiling and customer/ competitor research and analysis activities to understand and identify market opportunities and challenges.
  • Define effective pricing strategies to sustain profitable growth, and guide identification and implementation of new products within country and provide input on solution design and service elements.
  • Liaise with sales to support interaction with key customers and provide pricing and margin guidance, support on bids, RFQs and customer presentations.
  • Set and monitor implementation to compliance standards, procedures and specifications for the country in line with global guidelines
  • Benchmark and embed best in class infrastructure and practices for airfreight operations at the country level.
  • Uses available tools to pro actively monitor and improve performance
  • Conduct regular dialogues with team to review quality and performance levels vs targets
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in Airfreight Operations.
  • Strong Organizational skills - Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize, and execute on assigned deliverables
  • Results-oriented - Knows how to achieve commercial drive in the workplace and has a strong sense of business acumen.
  • Strong communication skills (verbal, written, presentations)
  • Proficient computer skills: Microsoft (i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, & Outlook)

About Company

DHL

DHL is a German logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, which is a division of the German logistics firm Deutsche Post. The company group delivers over 1.6 billion parcels per year

Job ID: 146483457

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