Air Export Gateway Ops Lead | Global Logistics

GEODIS; Franklin Square (NY); On-site; USD 69,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free telemedical access

Rain financial wellness app

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid maternity and parental leave

Career development and mentorship

Employee perks and wellness programs

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

GEODIS in Franklin Square, NY is seeking an Air Freight Gateway Operations Manager to lead gateway operations, ensuring operational excellence, productivity, cost efficiency, and customer satisfaction. You will oversee export operations, plan capacity, manage carrier relationships, monitor KPIs, and coordinate with other units to optimize rate and invoicing.

This role demands 5+ years in air freight, leadership experience, and strong knowledge of customs and warehouse operations; MS Office

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years relevant experience.
• Minimum 3 years of management experience.
• Broad knowledge of global customs regulations and policies.
• Extensive airfreight experience and customs brokerage knowledge.
• Understanding of warehouse and CFS operations.
• PC literate with MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Manage the Export operation of the Gateway; overview of inbound and outbound freight flow.
• Sets up the capacity planning (allotments optimization, BSA, consolidation share).
• Escalates and exchanges incident issues with stakeholders when necessary.
• Assist with large ad hoc opportunities - decide on spot rates for business opportunities to optimize cost of sale.
• Develops, cultivates, and maintains local relationship with carriers.
• Measures and achieve internal and external KPI’s.
• Oversees ITP calculation in assigned area to keep under/over coverage within tolerance.
• Check and approve invoices per signing power regulations.
• Liaise with Operations in Business Units to ensure correct job costing and ECA/ICA assignments on MAWB files.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Relationship-building

Reporting

Problem solving

Instruction interpretation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Outlook

Job description

GEODIS in Franklin Square, NY is seeking an Air Freight Gateway Operations Manager to lead gateway operations, ensuring operational excellence, productivity, cost efficiency, and customer satisfaction. You will oversee export operations, plan capacity, manage carrier relationships, monitor KPIs, and coordinate with other units to optimize rate and invoicing.

This role demands 5+ years in air freight, leadership experience, and strong knowledge of customs and warehouse operations; MS Office