Cargo Planning Analyst

About the role

The Cargo Planning Analyst joins the Cargo Division's Cargo Commercial Planning Department. The role plans, coordinates and evaluates the economic viability of charters, diversions, reroutes and supplementary flights, and proposes new markets for the company, contributing to increased profits.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and implement charters, diversions, reroutes and supplementary services.
• Assess the economic viability of supplementary freighter flights and balance commercial demand and supply against service guidelines, engineering safety, crewing, traffic rights and filing limitations.
• Keep cost inputs for supplementary and chartered flights up to date and documented, and ensure cost quotations and recommended rates are cost-beneficial and within operational limits.
• Review charter performance and improve the charter process, for example by coordinating faster quotation turnaround with Regional Offices.
• Forecast supplementary and chartered flights regularly and request extra pilots and aircraft from Flight Operations and Engineering.
• Monitor flight performance, adjust frequencies, and work with Cargo Space Management on re-routing, cancellations and additional capacity.
• Adjust schedules around engineering checks and runway works, and coordinate stakeholder deployment of charters.
• Explore new and emerging markets, analyse route performance and market data, and take part in sales meetings to understand demand and tailor schedules for key accounts (e.g. Grand Prix, MotoGP, live animals).
• Manage bellyhold capacity purchases and updates for Scoot and SQ, handle payload adjustments in systems, and run weekly flight reviews with short- and mid-term forecasts.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• Knowledge of the airfreight industry.
• Ability to work under pressure and make quick, sound decisions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and strong business acumen.