Manager Handling; Documentation Manager

Are you looking for your next big challenge in aviation handling management? Would you like to make your mark by driving handling excellence, manage and elevate our handling processes in the Lone Star State?

This is your chance to lead handling processes in one of our most dynamic regions! Come and see what we have to offer!

Curious about what this role involves? Take a look at the main activities and responsibilities that make this position both challenging and rewarding:

• Management of all A/C and WH handling processes at the stations in compliance with directives
• Achievement of financial and non-financial handling KPIs, performance analysis & corrective action
• Operational steering of own staff and service providers
• Contribution to LCAG Supplier Relationship Mgt. activity and participation in negotiations on external handling services
• Responsibility for organizing and opening new stations
• Implementation of central process directives and regional measures supporting worldwide Handling strategy
• Management of necessary interfaces with airport, customs & authorities
• Disciplinary leadership of the local handling team and promotion of people development
• Plans/manages economical utilization of all manpower to maintain standards

* Takeover of additional tasks when required

Are you ready to Take-off with us? Know more about the requirements below:

• High school diploma/GED required
• Bachelor's degree desirable
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience in the logistics or airline industry
• Alternatively, good knowledge of comparable international airline/ logistics industry structures
• Fluency in English language
• German language desirable
• Advanced professional operations know how & skills in an airline or logistics environment
• Computer literate as user
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent quality consciousness
• Excellent productivity driven
• Willingness to travel
• Must possess a valid driver’s license
• Willingness to shift work / overtime
• Manages time pressure
• Manages stress levels
• Outdoor weather conditions
• Must posses a work permit in the U.S.

* CV/Resume and Cover Letter required

* Company can provide relocation assistance

Lufthansa Cargo Aktiengesellschaft, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft. Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading air freight carriers and currently employs about 4,150 people worldwide.

Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves around 300 destinations in more than 100 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of passenger aircraft operated by the Lufthansa Group and an extensive road feeder service network. The bulk of the cargo volume is routed through Frankfurt Airport.