Manager Freighter Operations

Job Location
United Arab Emirates, Middle East
Job Role
Airport Operations
Contract Type
Full-Time
Salary
Posted Date
2025-12-03
Job Expiry Date
2026-01-02
Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree

Accountabilities


  • Run the freighter operations day to day, ensuring 24 by 7 coverage is effective through roster, handovers, and discipline of control tasks. 
  • Deliver the agreed freighter operating plan, support implementation of fleet and ACMI plans, highlight risks, and escalate constraints early. 
  • Act as the operational focal point with NOC, scheduling, charter, capacity control, network planning, flight ops, maintenance, catering, fuelling, and regional handling teams to resolve live issues and avoid repeat failures. 
  • Maintain performance reporting and operational dashboards, track KPIs such as freighter OTP, DAP, Cargo iQ, and drive corrective actions with owners. 
  • Support station startups and changes, coordinate operational readiness, supplier set up, SLAs, audits, and performance reviews, and follow up actions with stations and third parties. 
  • Track operational cost drivers that sit within freighter operations, support controls on catering and related operational spend, and raise cost reduction opportunities for review and approval. 
  • Manage the operational side of ACMI relationships, prepare performance packs, support review meetings, drive closure of audit findings and non-compliance items, and escalate commercial or contractual topics.


Education & Experience


  • Min University degree with significant relevant work experience. 
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience – with a demonstrable experience in: Airline Cargo Operations, Ground Handler Operations, Operational Management at a station or hub level


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