Freight Optimization & Partnerships Lead

Air New Zealand; Māngere-Ōtāhuhu; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff travel benefits

FlexiLeave

Learning culture

Employee discounts

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Air New Zealand is seeking a Freight Consultant to manage our freight forwarder and logistics provider network, coordinating domestic and international movements and delivering cost-efficient, compliant solutions. You will analyze performance data, support commercial activities, and lead/logistics projects while building strong stakeholder relationships across the business and with global partners.

This role offers challenging problems and tangible value in a dynamic, aviation-focused logistics

Qualifications

• Strong experience within freight forwarding, aviation freight, international logistics or a similarly complex supply chain environment.
• Sound knowledge of end-to-end freight operations, including experience managing complex or time‑critical movements.
• Experience managing freight forwarders or logistics providers, including contracts, SLAs, KPIs and supplier performance.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to analyse freight costs and balance cost, service and operational risk.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge and build effective relationships.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, solve complex problems and identify improvements that deliver measurable cost, process or service benefits.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships and performance across our freight forwarder and logistics provider network, ensuring contractual obligations, SLAs and service expectations are delivered.
• Coordinate domestic and international freight solutions, including complex, time‑critical and non-standard movements.
• Analyse freight performance, cost and operational data to identify performance gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Support commercial activity including rate cards, supplier performance and cost optimisation, balancing service, risk and value.
• Lead and support freight and logistics projects, delivering against agreed operational, commercial and service outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement across freight processes while building strong stakeholder relationships and ensuring regulatory and compliance requirements are met.

Skills

Freight forwarding

Aviation freight

Supply chain

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Cost analysis

Time-critical movements

Job description

Air New Zealand is seeking a Freight Consultant to manage our freight forwarder and logistics provider network, coordinating domestic and international movements and delivering cost-efficient, compliant solutions. You will analyze performance data, support commercial activities, and lead/logistics projects while building strong stakeholder relationships across the business and with global partners.

This role offers challenging problems and tangible value in a dynamic, aviation-focused logistics