Senior Airfreight Export Manager
Senior Airfreight Export Manager
Location: Slough, UK
Salary: Competitive Depending on Experience
A leading global logistics organisation is seeking an experienced Airfreight Export Manager to lead operations across the UK and Ireland. This is a senior position overseeing operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and strategic customer solutions within a highly specialised and fast-growing sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead daily Airfreight Export operations, ensuring compliance, service quality, and efficient issue resolution.
- Maintain strict GDP, GxP, and IATA compliance, supporting audits and quality documentation.
- Manage full P&L for the division, ensuring budget control and profitability.
- Develop compliant, commercially viable customer solutions and support strategic projects.
- Work with Sales to convert new business, review pipelines, and grow existing accounts.
- Lead and develop the team, ensuring strong compliance knowledge and operational capability.
Requirements:
- 6+ years airfreight forwarding experience
- Experience within Pharma & Healthcare is highly desirable
- Strong knowledge of GDP, GxP, IATA, and quality management systems.
- Proven leadership experience with a focus on compliance and performance.
- Solid financial understanding, including budget and P&L management.
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel capability.
- Commercially minded with excellent communication and stakeholder skills.
- Proactive, solutions-driven, and collaborative with a positive leadership style.
WR Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for all vacancies in the logistics industry. We recruit in the UK & USA for permanent jobs.
WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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