Airline Manager

Born from a single question, innovation is in our DNA. Having recently celebrated our 10-year anniversary, we are a diverse and quality-conscious company, which has set itself the goal of transporting temperature-sensitive medicines in a more reliable and sustainable way. Long story short, we help save lives and preserve the environment.

Our goal? To continue to advance towards zero loss in the pharma supply chain, worldwide.

If you're an Airline Manager with an interest in developing relationships, and being the support to multiple stakeholders - this could be the role for you:
**Here's what you'll do**:

- Lead and conduct regular business reviews with strategic partners (HQ and regional level)
- Lead the development, maintenance and implementation of airline partners development plans
- Lead the timely submission of airline tenders with the commercial and the Pricing and Solutions team
- Gain industry knowledge through close relations to senior Management of Airlines in order to uncover trends, market information.
- Collaborate with the airlines partners to sell SkyCell, to target business opportunities, to grow market share by winning new volumes
- Support the Pricing and Solutions Team
- Support Global Partner Manager in MLA negotiation and closure. Take the lead on MLA negotiation where defined with the Global Partner Manager
- Ensure that agreed conditions from MLA are communicated internally to the SkyCell commercial and Finance team
- Lead the continuous education of regional and local airline offices and support their alignment with their HQ and the MLA
- Act as escalation point for commercial and operational issues with partner airlines and support through trouble-shooting
- Support Marketing with newsletters and events planning and execution where needed
- Participate in global industry events
- Lead the organization of local airline events
- Support BDs in local sales events by involving strategic partners

**Requirements**:
**This is what you'll need**:

- Commercial apprenticeship and/or bachelor’s degree in business or similar
- Several years of work experience, working for an airline or a freight forwarder in the airfreight operation or in a similar role
- Good comprehension of the full range of airline logistics services including airline lease, reverse logistics, network balancing, service AWB, cost optimization, etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
- Ability to work independently
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills in English, additional languages are a plus

**Benefits**

**What we can offer you**:

- Flexible working hours for work/life balance
- Interdisciplinary and varied projects
- Diverse and global work culture/ environment
- Possibility to work for an environmentally conscious company
- Unique opportunity to actively shape processes

**Why SkyCell**:
We are looking for people who challenge the status quo and thrive on making a difference to people and the world around us. That’s where our Global Partners Management team play a pivotal role and you could be a part of it.

SkyCell’s Global Partners Management Team is taking care of the relationships with our Strategic Airlines and Freight Forwarders. We are responsible to present, negotiate and maintain Master Lease Agreements with our global partners, we conduct regular business reviews with them, we support them in strategically positioning SkyCell in their portfolio. At the same time we support our commercial team to position SkyCell in the best way to convert opportunities into won business. We gain industry knowledge by engaging with our global partners and transfer it internally in the company. We attend industry events, support our marketing team and lead joint events with our partners.

**We are Innovative Award Winners**:
We’re driven by our core values and guided by our collaborations, purpose, and employees. Our commitment to changing the face of medical supply chains, making them safer, more secure, and more sustainable resonates strongly with every one of our employees; we’re therefore incredibly proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work alongside being awarded a sustainability rating of Gold by EcoVadis.
- SkyCell AG is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, we celebrate and support diversity and are passionate about creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics._