Air Freight Manager
JAS Forwarding (usa), Inc.

Job Info

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JAS is an international, non-asset-based supply chain services and solutions company. Our services include air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, customs brokerage, distribution, inbound logistics, truckload brokerage and other supply chain management services, including consulting, the coordination of purchase orders and customized management services.

The Air Freight Manager will be responsible for Airfreight operations and negotiations of airfreight export with carriers and growth in volume of Import and Export traffics at the national level. The AFM will support to Sales department and Operational department with the selling of the Export Air Freight and with the reiterated or critical problems in the operation of the product (Import and Export)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible of statistics for the AF in the country.
• Responsible in the relationship with IATA at National Level and fulfill with the operational requirements of IATA.
  
• Responsible for all operations duties and properly file administration customer services solutions related to the Air Freight traffic.
• Awareness to key export & import vertical market in order to work closely with M&S development.
• To check profit and loss development in Air Export Product.
• To support in carrier negotiation, services for export in according with the local sales and regional contract.
• To participate in contribute in meeting the targets set for major export air trade lanes in cooperation with M&S and OPS into the country.
• To actively drive growth and profitable export air business development
• To support the sales Team to achieve the growth targets.
• To be involved in setting up budget guideline for the country in Air Freight Product.
• To support the achievement of Export Air Volume in accordance to the Country Budget.
• Work closely with partners and Sales Team to define necessary product to achieve the targets budgeted.
• Allocation achievement performance with the carrier's on Export Air.
• To Work in accordance to the compliance rules and policy.
• Cooperate closely with the Operational Department to support them with reiterated or critical problems in the operations of the air import and/or export.
• Relation with customers and Carriers.
• Visit to customers and potential customers together with the Sales Team for technical purposes.
• Work closely with Partners and Sales Team on the identification and development of new business and opportunities in Export Airfreight into the country, Regional business and in the design tailored solutions.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct performance evaluation for direct reports
• Recommend hiring, firing and promotion
• Identify and resolve personnel issues
• Ongoing coaching and mentoring of staff to develop skills to the highest level

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office suite
• Detail oriented, able to multitask and meet deadlines
• Self-motivated, able to work in a team and independently

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in transportation, ocean freight or international business preferred or equivalent.
• 5+ years of airfreight product or scope focused in Business.
• Knowledge and experience in Air freight Operations duties.
• Knowledge in planning and cost control in Air Freight Product.
• Marketing & Sales orientated capabilities and business developing.
• Highly motivated leader who is adept at working in a competitive, challenging and fast-paced work environment.

ENVIRONMENT:

100% performed in climate-controlled internal office environment working under normal office conditions. Travel will be (up to__ %) required in support of the position's responsibilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers to feel and handle, reach with arms and hands, talk and hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently is required to stop, kneel and crouch, lift weight or exert a force up to a maximum of 25 pounds. This position requires employee to frequently work in a fluid, fast paced environment.

ADDITIONAL:

The responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with the Company's business needs. More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

DEFINITIONS: (if any abbreviation, the meaning needs to be inserted)

Management retains discretion to add or change duties of this position at any time.

JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Where required by state law and/or city ordinance; this employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

JAS USA IS A CUSTOMS BROKER, GOVERNED BY FEDERAL REGULATION. FEDERAL REGULATIONS PROVIDE THAT JAS MAY HAVE IT BROKERAGE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED IF IT "KNOWINGLY EMPLOYED, OR CONTINUES TO EMPLOY, ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY, WITHOUT WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THAT EMPLOYMENT FROM THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER." JAS WILL PERFORM A BACKGROUND CHECK TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY AND IF SO, ABSENT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU WILL NOT BE HIRED OR WILL BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.

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