Airfreight Route Manager

Think Specialist Recruitment; London Borough of Bromley; Vor Ort; GBP 36.000 - 44.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Think Specialist Recruitment is seeking an experienced Route Manager for the UK airfreight team. The role focuses on procurement strategy, pricing and carrier relationships. Based at Hayes, you will work with operations, stations and airline partners to optimise capacity and provide market insight.

Your track record should include strong negotiation, excellent communication and a solid understanding of airfreight movements. A results-driven, customer-focused team player attitude is essential.

Qualifikationen

• Strong commercial understanding of the airfreight industry.
• Excellent negotiation skills with carriers or suppliers.
• Excellent communication skills, internally and externally.
• Good operational understanding of how airfreight moves.
• Able to build strong relationships with suppliers and colleagues.
• Strong problem solving and results driven with a can-do attitude.
• Customer focused and a good team player.
• Good IT awareness with ability to analyse performance data and reports.

Aufgaben

• Deliver the airfreight procurement strategy, supporting airline relationships behind it.
• Secure best pricing through contracts and spot buying.
• Plan consolidations and protect capacity, working with operations and stations.
• Optimise consolidations and control volume paid.
• Take commercial ownership of gateway shipments, consolidations and some back-to-back shipments.
• Define and manage internal rates.
• Analyse market and customer demand to balance supply and demand.
• Monitor carrier performance and take corrective action.
• Provide market information, guidance and support to the wider UK network.
• Ensure all activity meets compliance and code-of-conduct requirements.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement programme.

Kenntnisse

Commercial acumen

Negotiation

Communication

Airfreight operations

Relationship building

Problem solving

Team player

Data analysis

Tools

IT awareness

Jobbeschreibung

Airfreight Route Manager - Hayes

Think Specialist Recruitment are working with a leading global freight forwarder to recruit a Route Manager for their UK airfreight team. You'll deliver procurement and carrier management strategies that balance cost, capacity and service, working closely with operations teams, stations, gateways and airline partners.

This is a commercial role rather than an operational one. You'll secure the best pricing, protect capacity, manage airline relationships and give the wider UK network the market insight it needs to win and deliver business.

This position is a fully office based role working in our clients Hayes site, on offer is a salary from £40k+ per annum dependent on experience which could see the successful candidate secure a salary in the late 40's, along with an annual bonus scheme.

The role

• Deliver the airfreight procurement strategy, supporting the airline relationships that sit behind it
• Secure the best pricing through contract and spot buying
• Plan consolidations and protect capacity, working directly with operations and stations
• Optimise consolidations and control volume paid
• Take commercial ownership of gateway shipments, consolidations and some back-to-back shipments
• Define and manage internal rates
• Analyse the market and customer demand to balance supply and demand
• Monitor carrier performance using internal reports and take corrective action locally or escalation where needed
• Provide market information, guidance and support to the wider UK network
• Make sure all activity meets compliance and code-of-conduct requirements, including anti-corruption
• Contribute to the continuous improvement programme

About you

• Strong commercial understanding of the airfreight industry, with around five years' experience preferred
• Excellent negotiation skills, with a track record of securing results with carriers or suppliers
• Excellent communication skills, internally and externally
• Good operational understanding of how airfreight moves, and the confidence to challenge when needed
• Able to build strong relationships with suppliers and colleagues
• A strong problem solver and results driven, with a positive "can do" attitude
• Customer focused, and a good team player
• Good IT awareness, with confidence in analysing performance data and reports