Aircraft Handling

The Aircraft Handling/Warehouse Handling Expert is responsible for managing all Cargo Operation affairs and to maintain service standards as defined under LCAG guidelines. S/he is also responsible for ensuring all handling agent staff are trained to LCAG standards, cross skills ability achievement and maintaining analysis of costs/budget achievement and performance.

Your main tasks include, among others:

1. Supports the implementation of the local/regional operations business plan
2. Assists in the analysis of cost/budget achievements/service element and performance
3. Continuously develops process improvements within export and import cargo services
4. Monitors the performance of subcontractors
5. Assists in the management of all warehouse affairs and documentation
6. Adheres to all published LCAG network & performance standards
7. Implements continuous process improvements within area of responsibility
8. Optimizes the means of communication between local units & key interfaces
9. Leads the team, promotes and ensures people development incl. employee evaluations
10. Ensures the highest possible standards of health & safety, efficiency and cleanliness
11. A loadmaster is required if no qualified aircraft handling staff is available at a station concerned. Depending on the station set up the loadmaster is responsible to carry out the described tasks of a load controller and/or an aircraft loading supervisor
12. Supports the local handling Team

The ideal Aircraft Handling / Warehouse Handling Expert should meet the following requirements:

1. University Degree or equivalent higher education diploma
2. 3-6 years’ freighter operations and export and import warehouse operations experience
3. Knowledge of ramp handling, warehouse and logistics management
4. Excellent written and spoken English and Italian language skills required
5. Knowledge of German language desirable
6. Industry knowledge required
7. Computer literate
8. Problem Solving
9. Quality consciousness
10. Productivity driven
11. Ability to work under pressure
12. Commitment
13. Flexibility
14. Independence
15. Professionalism
16. Reliability
17. Responsibility

* Must possess a legal work permit in Italy

* Must be willing to work shifts

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.