Senior Manager Air Freight

ECU Line Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 5,672,000 - 8,509,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in logistics seeks a professional in Karachi to manage air freight operations, develop relationships with service providers, and lead a motivated team. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, analytical capabilities, and a passion for innovation in logistics. This role offers an opportunity to contribute meaningfully in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Data driven with analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop relationships with service providers.
• Handle air shipment operations and manage procurement.
• Support commercial teams and expand new market opportunities.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Tools

MS Office

Job description

- Understand the local and regional air freight market .
- Understand and make carrier choices.
- Develop and assist in managing relationships with local service providers.
- Understand and become proficient in shipment consolidation / management
- Manage freight receipt, routing and turnover of shipments .
- Become proficient in shipment rating.
- Understand and handle air shipment transportation.
- Consolidation
- Notifying customers both internal and external of problems and/or delays.
- Timely response to rate quotes .
- Timely response to all customer service inquiries.
- Identify market trends, potential and customer needs.
- Support commercial teams with top accounts as well participate in selected sales calls visits.
- Expand/explore new market opportunities after thorough analysis of market intelligence data.
- Responsible for managing the local procurement function; ensure negotiated rates with carriers are in line with local, regional and global guidelines and for the best buying conditions (pricing/reliability, connectivity/visibility, frequency/transit-times).
- Manage, coach, lead and develop team members and build a motivated and effective team.
- Should be able to handle air operations.

Job Specification

Strong communication skills.
Strong MS Office skills (MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
Able to work independently.
Flexibility, teamwork .
Data driven, able to make sound analysis and translate this into action plans.
Strong personality; passionate, holistic view, courageous, effective in different cultural settings, impact, optimistic.
Commercial acumen with an open mind set to find new innovative opportunities to drive the product forward

Logistics and Supply Chain - Karachi, Pakistan