JOB DESCRIPTION
The Air Logistics Procurement Manager is responsible for leading carrier relationships and overseeing procurement activities

Your Role

This role includes managing the procurement of long-term agreements, creating and maintaining contracts, providing information for internal visibility, and continuously exchanging information with carrier partners regarding performance, contract compliance, and commercial adherence

Your Responsibilities

  • Source and procure air freight capacity with commercial carries, charter carriers and GSAs that are cost-effective and in line with GA-X procurement strategy
  • Negotiate with and select carriers based on demand, rate, capacity and service quality
  • Continuously review existing contracts and allotments with airlines to ensure on-going feasibility
  • Ensure the correct administration of contracts, by ensuring documentation through Procurement Master file and Allocation-code usage
  • Build and maintain long-term relationships with our airline partners and with the GSA community and scout and develop new ones
  • Regularly assess carrier performance and organize business review meetings with our main airline partners
  • Prepare procurement reports and control contract usage
  • Support and collaborate with Gateway operations and development teams, to enhance service, commercial attractiveness and market leading solutions

Your Skills and Experiences

  • Bachelors / First University Degree Business / Logistics / Finance or related fields
  • Excellent Knowledge of Air Logistics transportation
  • Experience in direct customer contact 
  • Advanced Interpersonal/Intercultural skills in order to manage variety of stakeholders in countries
  • Ability to influence, negotiate and resolve conflicts 
  • Strong decision making capabilities and high accountability; ability and willingness to decide on the basis of agreed criteria and to make decisions also in difficult situations
  • Ability to recognize industry and market trends and developments and to translate them into profitable business opportunities
  • Willingness to collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure clarity of the requirements and in decision making process, to get buy-in and to implement solutions
  • Ability to work under pressure and deal with tight deadlines/timelines with high energy and resilience
  • In-depth knowledge of preparing and reviewing contracts, invoicing and negotiation terms
  • Excellent analytical, financial and problem-solving skills , strategic and planning skills, international mindset

About Kuehne+Nagel

With over 80.000 employees at some 1,300 locations in over 100 countries, the Kuehne+Nagel Group is one of the world’s leading logistics companies.

As an employer, Kuehne+Nagel stands for equal opportunity and we are committed to diversity in our teams. We believe that you can make a valuable contribution to Kuehne+Nagel and look forward to receiving your application.

CONTACT

Farah

farah.zainal@kuehne-nagel.com

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