Head of Air Freight at DHL

DHL Global Forwarding has an opening for Head of Air Freight in Nigeria. In this specific position you will lead AFR Ops/CS sub-function at the country level and provide input to and lead the implementation of functional strategy to deliver flow of goods and information across the customer’s global supply chain utilizing air transportation, maximizing profitability and optimizing utilization of business and human assets in line with country’s business strategy and objectives, corporate guidelines and policies

In this Head of Air Freight position

• You will formulate AFR strategy in line with country business strategy and requirements, global guidelines and policies
• You will lead planning and implementation of AFR plans, measures and budgets to achieve operational results driving profitability, volume growth and service expansion
• You will develop plans, organize and control large country projects and initiatives to provide fast, reliable, efficient and affordable AFR solutions
• You will lead effective AFR operational management through end-to-end capacity management, optimization of network procurement, implementation of consolidation opportunities, etc.
• You will oversee and take decisions for operation sites, procurement of capacity, technical support (buying, capacity, etc.) and local purchasing in country according to global policy
• You will monitor and act on preferred carrier usage and related incentive deals in the country
• You will steer market profiling and customer/ competitor research and analysis activities to understand and identify market opportunities and challenges
• You will define effective pricing strategies to sustain profitable growth, and guide identification and implementation of new products within country and provide input on solution design and service elements
• You will liaise with sales to support interaction with key customers and provide pricing and margin guidance, support on bids, RFQs and customer presentations
• You will set and monitor implementation to compliance standards, procedures and specifications for the country in line with global guidelines
• You will have to benchmark and embed best in class infrastructure and practices for AFR at the country level
• You will use available tools to proactively monitor and improve performance
• You will conduct regular dialogues with team to review quality and performance levels vs targets

Now, here’s what we need from you.

• Master’s degree
• Excellent communicator in English both written and verbal.
• more than 8 years’ experience within the same field.