Tasks
The Flight Optimizer is responsible for:
- Evaluates individual booking queues under consideration of operational, economic and quality specifications
- Where required calculates and adjusts the gross volume for bookings
- Reacts appropriately to capacity changes (e.g. equipment and schedule changes)
- Blocks space and weight for certain bookings
- Optimizes individual flights under observance of regulations
- Completes and transfers flights to the load planning department under consideration of shipment ranking in case of planned or unplanned overbooking
- Improves the loadfactor by accepting freight onto earlier flights
- Where required contacts the Revenue Manager to adjust the overbooking parameters
- Identifies and communicates process barriers within RM processes to his regional process manager
* Participate in other duties as assigned
Requirements
The ideal Flight Optimizer should meet the following requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required, Master desirable
- Advanced English and Chinese required, German desirable
- 0-3 years’ work experience in the airline industry desirable
- Analytical and conceptual thinking
- Ability to combine strategic thinking with operational action
- Advanced communication skills
- Knowledge of business administration and performance management
- Teamwork spirit incl. high responsibility
- Computer skills as a user
- Must possess a legal work permit in China
- Willing to work shifts
* CV/Resume and Cover Letter are required
* Company will not provide relocation assistance
Company
About Lufthansa Cargo AG
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.
www.lufthansa-cargo.de
