Strategy and Commercial Manager - Qantas Freight

Job Description

• Challenge yourself to drive positive commercial and strategic outcomes
• An opportunity to work in Qantas Freight, a business that continues to grow each year
• 1 x permanent position and 1 x fixed term position based at our Mascot Campus

At Qantas, we represent Australia to the world. Our strong beliefs guide the way we work, ensuring everything we do stays true to our customers, and this iconic brand. We believe that every employee deserves respect, trust and good leadership. We take a commercial mindset to all we do, ensuring we make strategic decisions that live up to member expectations. This is your opportunity to develop, demonstrate and be exposed to great leadership, as well as contribute to a diverse culture of ownership, trust and collaboration.

Qantas Freight is the integrated end-to-end air freight solution provider with the Qantas Group operating both domestically and around the world. Fuelled by the ever-increasing growth in eCommerce, the air freight business has changed fundamentally over the past 5 with both significant opportunities as well as challenges and critical strategic decisions for management. Qantas Freight’s remit includes the domestic freight operation‑both PAX belly and domestic freighters, international freighters and Freight terminal operations domestic and overseas.

The Freight business currently utilises approximately 18 dedicated freighter aircraft and sells the belly space for all Qantas passenger flights.

This role is responsible to contribute significantly to the development of Qantas Freight’s strategy and commercial growth, leveraging a strategic toolkit and understanding of international trade and aviation markets. This key role will require thought leadership and collaboration with Sr Managers / Heads Of / EMs across the business to identify, develop and validate strategic priorities (from both a cost and revenue perspective), and strong written and verbal communication skills to make the case for Freight’s key initiatives.

The Commercial and Strategy Manager will work with experienced colleagues and subject‑matter experts in the development of business cases and strategic analyses to drive key decisions within the business. This role will be given a hands‑on opportunity to work across Freight on a diverse range of projects, gaining exposure to a broad stakeholder group spanning cross functionally across both operations, network planning, finance, and sales, as well as in‑person experience of the freight business through offsite activities, including an opportunity for frontline terminal exposure.

You’ll have –

• 8+ years experience in Commercial / Strategic planning
• Tertiary qualification in Business or Commercial preferred
• Project Management experience
• Strong commercial acumen
• Senior stakeholder management ability
• Proven ability to identify and execute business opportunities

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally r development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on‑the‑job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities.

While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

• We love to travel:
  Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options:
  Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns
  1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you…